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Spare Backup/Inc · 10KSB · For 12/31/06

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Annual Report -- Small Business   ·   Form 10-KSB
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10KSB   ·   Form 10-Ksb for 12-31-2006
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3Item 1. Description of Business
18Item 2. Description of Property
"Item 3. Legal Proceedings
"Item 4. Submission of Matters to A Vote of Security Holders
19Item 5. Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
"Fiscal 2005
"Fiscal 2006
20Item 6. Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation
33Recent Capital Raising Transactions
35Item 7. Financial Statements
"Item 8. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
36Item 8a. Controls and Procedures
"Item 8b. Other Information
37Item 9. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons; Compliance With Section 16(A) of the Exchange Act
41Item 10. Executive Compensation
47Item 11. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
49Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
"Item 13. Exhibits
52Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
65Derivative Liabilities
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-KSB (Mark One) [x] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 [ ] TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from _____ to _____ Commission file number: 0-30687 Spare Backup, Inc. ------------------ (Name of small business issuer in its charter) Delaware 23-3030650 -------- ---------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 72757 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92260 ---------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Issuer's telephone number: (760) 779-0251 Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered None not applicable ---- -------------- Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: common stock, par value $0.001 per share ---------------------------------------- (Title of class) Check whether the issuer is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. [ ] Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes[x] No[ ] Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-B is not contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained, to the best of the registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any amendment to this Form 10-KSB. [ ]
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes [ ] No [X] State issuer's revenues for its most recent fiscal year. $73,046 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was sold, or the average bid and asked prices of such common equity, as of a specified date within the past 60 days. $50,521,638 on March 27, 2007 State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's class of common equity as of the latest practicable date. 61,158,172 shares of common stock are issued and outstanding as of March 26, 2007. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE If the following documents are incorporated by reference, briefly describe them and identify the part of the Form 10-KSB (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) into which the document is incorporated: (1) any annual report to security holders; (2) any proxy or information statement; and (3) any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"). The listed documents should be clearly described for identification purposes (e.g., annual report to security holders for fiscal year ended December 24, 1990). Not Applicable. Transitional Small Business Disclosure Form (check one): Yes ___ No _X_ CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION Certain statements in this annual report contain or may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements were based on various factors and were derived utilizing numerous assumptions and other factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, our ability to implement our strategic initiatives, economic, political and market conditions and fluctuations, government and industry regulation, interest rate risk, U.S. and global competition, and other factors. Most of these factors are difficult to predict accurately and are generally beyond our control. You should consider the areas of risk described in connection with any forward-looking statements that may be made herein. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and readers should carefully review this annual report in its entirety, including the risks described in Part I. Item 1. Description of Business - Risk Factors. Except for our ongoing obligations to disclose material information under the Federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated events. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this annual report, and you should not rely on these statements without also considering the risks and uncertainties associated with these statements and our business. OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION When used in this annual report, the terms "Spare Backup," " we," "our," and "us" refers to Spare Backup, Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Newport International Group, Inc., and our subsidiaries. ii
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PART I ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS We are a developer and marketer of a line of software products specifically designed for the small business and home business users. Our products are designed and developed so that technical skills are not necessary to use or manage the software. Our Spare line of software products includes our Spare Backup service and our Spare Switch PC data migration software. OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES SPARE BACK-UP Spare Backup, a fully-automated remote backup solution designed and developed especially for the small office or home environment, automatically and efficiently backs up all data on selected laptop or desktop computers. As a result, we believe small companies can ensure file safety in PCs and laptops for backup and retrieval. We launched our Spare Back-up service and software product version 1.0 in March 2005 and are currently offering version 3.1 of the product. Spare Backup offers: o An automatic program installation that requires absolutely no user interaction to configure backups, o No complicated file selection - Spare Backup scans the user's computer and backs up: o All contacts, email messages and attachments, address book, contacts, folders and contents, signature files from Outlook, and Outlook Express o Word, Excel, PowerPoint files, templates and settings from MS Office o My Documents, My Music, My Pictures, Quicken, QuickBooks, MS Money, Turbo Tax and Tax Cut o All desktop files o Simple, fast data recovery o Reports automatically available to users in Spare Backup o Redundant file support - select a restore from the last five backups o Online file retrieval from any Internet connection - using Spare Key o Provides files security via 256 Rijndael AES 256 block cipher with unique user encryption key o Decryption protected by Spare Key in the user's computer and with broker so complete loss of the computer is not a problem The VeriSign/Starfield Technology high assurance certificates provide authenticity for web based transactions. The encryption we use for ensuring privacy is the 256 Rijndael AES, a block cypher adopted as an encryption standard by the U.S. Government. The data is protected in transit and communication via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), a cryptographic protocol which provides secure communications over the public Internet. 1
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An overview of customer benefits includes: Ease-of-use - Spare Backup provides fast, easy and fully automated data protection. Users benefit from automated data file selection, which distinguishes user data files from operating system and application files. As a result, users do not have to remember where all of their data files are stored. Spare Backup allows users to retrieve multiple past versions of a file, not just the most recently backed-up version. Impenetrable Security and Protection of Corporate Data - Spare Backup ensures that all data is encrypted with advanced 256-bit encryption on the user's machine using a user provided "key" or password. The data is encrypted a second time using SSL, or secure sockets layer, while it is being transmitted and a third time before it is stored on the RAID, or redundant array of independent disc, servers using a strong private key. SSL Support - SSL based protocol enhancements to address security parameters during: registration, upgrade, backup and retrieve. We offer new users a free 14-day trial. Spare Backup services costs $6.99 per month for up to 50 gigabytes of storage. We do not back up applications, only data. For users interested in using Spare Backup service on their own local storage device, we includes a software version in our offering of services that backups to a local drive. SPARE BACKUP INTERNET SECURITY AND SPARE BACKUP ANTIVIRUS. In September 2006 we entered into a joint marketing and software distribution agreement with CA, Inc. Under the agreement, CA, Inc. is to provide us with virus scanning on data uploaded by customers to our services for remote encrypted backup and we are to provide CA, Inc.'s customers with certain bundled offerings to provide protection against viruses, hackers, identity thieves, spy ware, Spam and other online threats. Following this agreement we have introduced Spare Backup Internet Security and Spare Backup Antivirus. These new products bundle Spare Backup's remote backup and restoration services, with CA's home and home office Internet security software, augmenting our product portfolio for home users, small business customers and OEM partners. Spare Backup Antivirus enables virus scanning on data uploaded to Spare Backup servers for remote encrypted backup, helping to ensure that critical files are protected from viruses, Trojans and other forms of malware. Spare Backup Internet Security Suite provides an added layer of security by integrating CA Internet Security Suite 2007. The Suite, which includes Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Spam, and Personal Firewall delivers comprehensive PC protection against viruses, hackers, identity thieves, spyware, Spam and other online threats that can jeopardize privacy, data or a PCs' performance. LIFELINE We have also released Lifeline, automated and live technical support service. Lifeline enables customers to access automated tasks that detect, diagnose and resolve problems without technician intervention. If service desk assistance is required, Lifeline allows for remote and live chat support, remote diagnosis, repair of problems and connection to live technicians. If the problem remains unsolved, problem information is automatically delivered to the technician, further accelerating the resolution process. SPARE SWITCH Spare Switch enables users to complete the transfer of personal files from an old personal computer (PC) to a new one via a high speed Internet connection. Spare Switch locates, packs and transfers files securely without the need for transfer cables or other accessories. Spare Switch, designed for both individual and business use, ensures that not only the files transfer easily, but that they will look, feel and work on the new computer in the same manner with all the personal settings and layouts built into them. We launched Spare Switch in August 2005 and relaunched the newest version in October 2006. 2
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Spare Switch is used by either downloading the software from the Internet or by inserting an installation CD into the old computer. Spare Switch then scans the hard drive and inventories of personal directories, giving the user a detailed report of the documents and other files. From that inventory, the user can then select the exact files that he or she wishes to transfer to the new PC. Spare Switch avoids the need for PC-to-PC transfer cable by compacting, encrypting and then transferring the files via the Internet. Spare Switch's data center can then hold the data for as long as a week, giving the user the flexibility to choose when to download the files to the new PC. The files are downloaded from our secure Spare Switch data center using the Spare Switch CD. Spare Switch uses a 256-bit encryption cipher with non-algorithmic key to ensure that the information is impervious to hackers at every step of the process. Spare Switch is priced at $14.99 and supports one user. OUR TARGET CUSTOMERS We focus on owners and executives of businesses which do not have an IT (information technology) department that use technology to support their businesses as well as consumers who desire to secure the redundancy of available files and documents vital to the continuity of their operations, business, or personal information. Since our products and services allow non-technical users to quickly, easily and thoroughly secure and backup their files or data archiving and storage, we believe that our business is uniquely relevant to enabling small companies to succeed using technology. Our products and services also support individual business professionals working in companies of all sizes. Other unique characteristics are additional coding that enables easy to scale infrastructure and support elements. We believe that this characteristic provides a competitive advantage over other providers whose products require large investments in hardware, as well as professional installation, training and support. HOW WE MARKET OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Our strategy is to partner with leading companies such as computer manufacturers, high speed cable providers, and warranty and service companies that have established brands as a way to gain acceptance for, and create a demand for, our products and services. We believe that by bundling our products and services as one feature of a value-added service offered by major national and international brands that we will be able to leverage their brand recognition and marketing efforts to accelerate our market acceptance and significantly increase our adoption rates. Our products are sold direct to the customer via online distribution. Users may try our products and services at no cost for a limited trial period by downloading our software. In addition, we are establishing a network of affiliates that also distribute our products online, as well as a partnership network that will promote and/or resell our products. The primary focus of our partnership efforts will be with key retailers, such as Circuit City and DSG International Plc, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and distributors such as CA. As of the date of this annual report our products are distributed by a number of OEMs, resellers and corporate partners, including: o Systemax Computers o Motorola o CompUSA o The Hammer Hard Drive o Computers4Sure.com o PC Mall Sales, Inc. o PC Connectin.com Inc. o Tech Depot (an Office Depot subsidiary) o eCOST.com In March 2006, we launched our co-marketing efforts with Systemax, Inc. under which Systemax is incorporating the Spare Backup solution in shipments of PCs ordered through Systemax's various distribution channels. Under the terms of the memorandum of understanding, Spare Backup is embedded as an offering icon, which will open upon the initial customer start up of the new PC. Each Systemax PC customer will receive a 60-day free trial of Spare Backup and Systemax is entitled to a percentage of the monthly subscriptions revenue from those customers who subscribe for the Spare Backup service at the end of the trial period. In addition, we will support the project in our data centers at no charge to Systemax as well as providing sales training. 3
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HEWLETT-PACKARD In June 2006, we entered into a Standard Services Agreement with Hewlett-Packard Company for a trial PC backup service. Under the agreement we were to provide a co-branded Web site powered by Spare Backup for the use of Hewlett-Packard qualified technicians for the purpose of assisting customers in a trial PC backup service as appropriate for delivering customer support and solutions. The program consisted of referring Hewlett-Packard customers to the co-branded Web site for purposes of offering a trial PC backup service in Hewlett-Packard's outsourced support centers and internal sites. The goal was to provide Hewlett-Packard customers with a trial online PC backup service to protect and save customer data that including repair, and upgrades. The period of the online PC backup pilot trial was from August 1, 2006 through October 31, 2006. During the trial period, the parties divided revenues generated receive revenue for its services. We were recently advised by Hewlett Packard that it believed that the pilot program had been deemed a success and, as a result, the program will be expended; a 12 month renewable contract has now been implemented. Under the terms of this new agreement we will receive revenue for our services. In January 2007 we entered into an additional statement of work with Hewlett Packard under which the covered territories have been expanded. The trial period runs from February 2007 through April 2007 during which we began offering a similar HP-branded website to customers within England and Sweden. Upon the successful completion of the pilot, the program will be expanded to include France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Denmark, Finland and Norway. As with the initial statement of work, the parties will divide the revenues generated during the trial period and if the program is continued we will receive additional revenues for our services. In February 2007 we entered into a third statement of work which covers HP's small business customers who purchase off the shelf notebook and/or desktop computers and/or other computing products, software and devices directly from a retail location or an e-commerce site. During the pilot period which will be from April 1, 2007 to June 30, 2007 we will provide PC backup services through our Spare Backup and Spare Switch products. During phase one of the program HP customers that participate in the program are required to register for the services and will be entitled to one gigabyte of online storage and data migration service free of charge. HP customers will also be able to purchase additional storage and five-user and 10-user company subscriptions. Following the successful phase one implementation, HP will work to facilitate the inclusion of our Space Backup service on notebook and desktop computers sold to small businesses using traditional retail and e-commerce channels. As with the two prior statements of work, the parties will divide the revenues generated during the trial period and if the program is continued we will receive additional revenues for our services. CA, INC. In January 2007, we entered into a Software License and Distribution Agreement with CA, Inc. under which we granted CA, Inc. a worldwide non-exclusive license to market, distribute, and sub-license Spare Backup's products and services as part of its ecommerce and onsite program offerings. Sales under the agreement are expected to commence in April 2007. Under the terms of the agreement, CA, Inc. and its onsite retailers will serve as non-exclusive distributors for us and CA, Inc. will pay us royalty payments related to CA sales of the Spare Backup products. DSG RETAIL LIMITED In February 2007 we entered into an exclusive agreement with DSG Retail Limited under which we will provide our Spare Backup PC backup services for DSG Retail Limited's customers in approximately 27 countries in Europe. It is anticipated that we will generate revenues from usage fees and sales of our products by DSG Retail. The program is planned to launch in April 2007. The 4
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agreement, which may be renewed for additional one year terms, contains customary confidentiality provisions. In addition, during the term of the agreement we have agreed not to enter into any other arrangement or agreement for the provision of similar services within the countries covered by the agreement through other multiple electronic or PC retailer or nationwide supermarket, other than our existing agreements with Computer Associates and Hewlett Packard without prior consent. CIRCUIT CITY In August 2006, we entered in a technical support services agreement with Circuit City Stores, Inc. which provides that Circuit City will market and support our Spare Back-Up product. In February 2007 we entered into an amended and restated agreement with Circuit City. Under the terms of the amended and restated agreement, the Circuit City customers will be entitled to purchase an initial 60 day trial period of our Spare Backup service for $4.99. The Circuit City customer can choose to have the software installed by firedogSM, Circuit City's branded personal computer services at no charge, or download the software from the co-branded web site at firedog.com/online. The agreement is for a one-year term subject to automatic one year renewals unless terminated in accordance with the agreement. Under the terms of the agreement we deposited $1,000,000 in an escrow account to secure the obligations associated with compensation to Circuit City under this agreement. Circuit City will be entitled to earn a maximum fee for each customer which includes the amount of the 60 day trial paid directly to Circuit City either from a customer for an in-store purchase or collected by us for purchases made through the co-branded website and an amount for every Circuit City customer who purchases as Spare Backup service after the initial 60 day trial period. These amounts will be disbursed to Circuit City from the escrowed funds until the funds are depleted; thereafter, we are required to pay Circuit City within 15 days of the end of the month in which the fee was earned. Through December 31, 2006 approximately $127,000 was disbursed to Circuit City under the terms of the agreement. Upon the effective date of the amended and restated agreement, an additional $572,680 of the escrowed funds were disbursed to Circuit City. The remaining $300,000 of escrowed funds will be disbursed to Circuit City. DIALAGEEK(R) In February 2007 we entered into a memorandum of understanding with DialAGeek(R), a 24/7 technical support company supplying support services to computer users, to provide Spare Backup services for its customers in the United States, Germany, Japan and Australia. Under the terms of the memorandum of understanding we will supply one gigabyte of online storage to each customer that purchases a DialAGeek(R) service contract. If the customer's storage requirements exceed one gigabyte, the customer will be automatically enrolled in a monthly subscription by DialAGeek(R) upon notice to the customer. The monthly subscription includes online data storage of up to 50 gigabytes. We share the revenue from sales by DialAGeek(R) with that company. CUSTOMER SUPPORT We provide our tier 1 and tier 2 support for our services. Our tier 1 customer support provides initial call resolution and direct linking capabilities to our tier 2 customer support. Tier 2 customer support is managed by an internal group of specialists who are co-located within our Network Operation Center and software development headquarters in Palm Desert. Co-location with the software development group allows for the resolution of highly specific technical issues as well as identification of potential application flaws. Our support services were initially available from during evening hours during the week and extended hours on weekends.. In March 2007 we began offering 24/7/365 customer support. In addition, we intend to train our tier two support agents trained in our Lifeline product which could have the ability to generate revenue for the company. 5
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Our products were developed primarily by our employees assisted by contractors in certain specialty areas. We have invested approximately $851,000 and approximately $782,000 in research and development during fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005, respectively. TECHNOLOGY Our products use a sophisticated combination of hardware, software, and networking to intelligently select files and settings from a customer's computer and reliably transfer these to secure redundant data centers, making the data highly available. The networking systems used by us were designed to use outbound Internet connections for all communications, thus allowing many users who are behind a firewall access to the backup services. The proprietary software designed by us has been developed to remove the technical knowledge required to use other backup products by selecting files and backup settings for the user. We own all of our servers and utilize hosting in geographically dispersed TIA-964 Tier-3 rated collocation facilities. Our server architecture employs multiple servers and switching equipment to provide redundancy and high availability to Spare Backup service users. The entire storage area network (SAN) storage system is replicated in near real-time to a secondary SAN to backup the primary one, which will automatically become available in the event of an outage at the primary storage array. Our servers use the latest enterprise level operating system available from Microsoft and use industry standard networking and communication protocols. This provides a highly available network that can scale rapidly using off the shelf hardware. These systems are fully redundant and we anticipate our reliability at 99.9%. We can expand our network capacity quickly and with highly predicable costs. Our business will suffer if our systems fail or our third-party facilities become unavailable. A reduction in the performance, reliability and availability of our systems and network infrastructure may harm our ability to distribute our products and services to our customers and other users, as well as harm our reputation and ability to attract and retain customers. Our systems and operations are susceptible to, and could be damaged or interrupted by, outages caused by fire, flood, power loss, telecommunications failure, Internet breakdown, earthquake and similar events. If for some reason we should not have redundancy in our facilities, any damage or destruction to our systems would significantly harm our business. Our systems are also subject to human error, security breaches, power losses, computer viruses, break-ins, "denial of service" attacks, sabotage, intentional acts of vandalism and tampering designed to disrupt our computer systems, Web sites and network communications which are beyond our control. This could lead to slower response times or system failures. Our computer and communications infrastructure is located in multiple leased facilities in Arizona, California and New Jersey. While our infrastructure is fully redundant and Tier 3 rated, we may not have adequate business interruption insurance to compensate us for losses that may occur from a system outage. Despite our efforts, our network infrastructure and systems could be subject to service interruptions or damage and any resulting interruption of services could harm our business, operating results and reputation. OUR CONGA LINE OF PRODUCTS Following our transaction with Grass Roots International, Inc. in August 2004, our operations included the sale of our Conga line of products. The Conga products were web-based and broadband-enabled software applications, which focused on improving remote communications and automating data archiving and storage for the non-technical owners and managers of small and medium sized businesses. During fiscal 2004 and the first six months of fiscal 2005 our Conga line of products represented 100% of our sales. The video conferencing market is very competitive and we were never able to generate any significant revenues from the Conga product line. Following our introduction of Space Backup in the second quarter of fiscal 2005 we began devoting substantially all of our resources to the marketing of the Spare family of products and we have discontinued all marketing and sales efforts related to the Conga line. 6
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COMPETITION We face intense and increasing competition in the web-base backup solutions market. If we do not compete effectively or if we experience reduced market share from increased competition, our business will be harmed. In addition, the more successful we are in the emerging market for web-based storage solutions, the more competitors are likely to emerge. We believe that the principal competitive factors in our market include: o Service functionality, quality and performance; o Ease of use, reliability and security of services; o Establishment of a significant base of customers and distribution partners; o Ability to introduce new services to the market in a timely manner; o Customer service and support; and o Pricing. Our primary competitors are various Internet-based backup providers broadcasters, such as Connected.com, Livevault, and backup.com, CARBONITE and Mozy. These companies provide services similar to ours and each have to various degrees a market presence. We also compete with providers of traditional backup technologies, such as Veritas and Symantac (Norton 360). Substantially most of our competitors have more capital, longer operating histories, greater brand recognition, larger customer bases and significantly greater financial, technical and marketing resources than we do. These competitors may also engage in more extensive development of their technologies, adopt more aggressive pricing policies and establish more comprehensive marketing and advertising campaigns than we can. Our competitors may develop products and service offerings that we do not offer or that are more sophisticated or more cost effective than our own. For these and other reasons, our competitors' products and services may achieve greater acceptance in the marketplace than our own, limiting our ability to gain market share and customer loyalty and to generate sufficient revenues to achieve a profitable level of operations. Our failure to adequately address any of the above factors could harm our business and operating results. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Our intellectual property is critical to our business, and we may seek to protect our intellectual property through copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, confidentiality provisions in our customer, supplier, potential investors, and strategic relationship agreements, nondisclosure agreements with third parties, and invention assignment agreements with our employees and contractors, although we do not execute such agreements in every case. Our protection efforts may prove to be unsuccessful, and unauthorized parties may copy or infringe upon aspects of our technology, services or other intellectual property rights. In addition, these parties may develop similar technology independently. Existing trade secret, copyright and trademark laws offer only limited protection and may not be available in every country in which we will offer our services. A non-provisional patent application for the client side technology utilized by Spare Backup was filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on June 27, 2006. A non-provisional patent application for the server side technology utilized by Spare Backup was filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on August 10, 2006. Both applications are currently pending in the Patent Office and awaiting examination. We are also exploring our abilities to file for patents to include living document functions. The applications we plan to file may fail to result in any patents being issued. Even if one or more of these patents are issued, any patent claims allowed may not be sufficiently broad to protect our technology. In addition, any patents may be challenged, invalidated or circumvented and any right granted thereunder may not provide meaningful protection to us. The failure of any patents may not provide meaningful protection to us. The failure of any patent to provide protection for our technology would make it easier for other companies or individuals to develop and market similar systems and services without infringing any of our intellectual property rights. 7
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GOVERNMENT REGULATION Although there are currently relatively few laws and regulations directly applicable to the Internet, it is likely that new laws and regulations will be adopted in the United States and elsewhere covering issues such as limitations on the use of mass-delivered e-mails, broadcast license fees, copyrights, privacy, pricing, sales taxes and the characteristics and quality of Internet services. The adoption of restrictive laws or regulations could slow Internet growth. The application of existing laws and regulations governing Internet issues such as property ownership, libel and personal privacy is also subject to substantial uncertainty. There can be no assurance that current or new government laws and regulations, or the application of existing laws and regulations (including laws and regulations governing issues such as property ownership, taxation, defamation and personal injury), will not expose us to significant liabilities, slow Internet growth or otherwise hurt us financially. EMPLOYEES As of March 26, 2007 we had 24 full-time employees, including all of our executive officers. None of our employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements, and we believe our relationships with our employees to be good. OUR HISTORY We were incorporated in Delaware on December 27, 1999 under the name First Philadelphia Capital Corp. to serve as a vehicle to effect a merger, exchange of common stock, asset acquisition or other business combination with domestic or foreign private business. On October 30, 2000, we completed a business combination with Conservation Anglers Manufacturing, Inc., a real estate holding and development company that was originally organized in Florida on February 7, 2000. The combination was a stock-for-stock merger that was accounted for as a "pooling-of-interests". In connection with the merger, we issued 235,000 shares of our common stock in exchange for all the outstanding stock of Conservation Anglers Manufacturing, Inc. In January 2001 we changed our name to Newport International Group, Inc. to better reflect and describe our then current strategic direction. As a result of the transaction with Conservation Anglers Manufacturing, Inc. we became a real estate holding company that intended to specialize in large-scale commercial, industrial and residential mixed-use property development. At the time of the transaction with Conservation Anglers Manufacturing, Inc. we did not own any real estate and our activities were limited to securing acquisition financing for a projects that we proposed to acquire and develop. In November 2000, Mr. Soloman Lam, our then president and CEO, executed certain land contracts to purchase approximately 3,300 acres of land for a total of $11,389,600 which we intended to develop in the future. These contracts were due to close on September 1, 2001, but were extended to March 1, 2002 at the sellers' request. Mr. Lam personally deposited $180,000 into escrow pending closing and we had agreed to reimburse him when he assigned the contracts to us. On February 12, 2002, the land contracts were cancelled and the $180,000 deposit was returned to Mr. Lam. Simultaneously, on February 12, 2002, Mr. Lam executed a new land contract to purchase approximately 2,300 acres of land for $15,000,000. We deposited $10,000 in escrow pending closing on April 30, 2002. The closing on this contract was subsequently extended until July 29, 2002 and as consideration we released the $10,000 to the seller that was in escrow. Subsequently, the closing was again extended to September 30, 2002, in consideration for a $25,000 non-refundable deposit. The closing was again extended to December 30, 2002, then to March 31, 2003, then to July 31, 2003, then to October 30, 2003, and subsequently to January 30, 2004, with no additional deposit required. The check representing the $25,000 deposit was never negotiated and in December 2003 it was voided. We do not intend to proceed with this project. We have forfeited the $10,000 deposit and all rights and obligations of this project have been assigned by us to Newport International Group, Inc., a Florida corporation formerly known as Linda Development Corporation, a company affiliated with Mr. Clint Beckwith, a former officer and director of our company. 8
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In December 2001, Mr. Lam entered into purchase contracts to acquire 45 acres of vacant land, representing nine lots, in Wellington, Florida for a total purchase price of $470,000. In April 2002, Mr. Lam closed on two of the nine lots and in May 2002, closed on a third lot. The remaining six lots were to be purchased when and if financing becomes available. Mr. Lam agreed to transfer the vacant land to us in exchange for a purchase price equal to cost. Deposits totaling $15,000 were paid by us in 2002 in conjunction with this land. The lots were never transferred to us, the $15,000 became a receivable from Mr. Lam and in December 2003 was expensed as an addition to our additional paid-in capital. On February 6, 2004, we closed an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Grass Roots Communications Inc., a Delaware corporation. Grass Roots was a development stage company incorporated in Delaware in June 2002 initially to create, produce, deliver and track targeted multimedia communications over the Internet. Under the terms of this agreement, Grass Roots became our wholly-owned subsidiary. At the effective time of the merger, the stockholders of Grass Roots exchanged their securities for approximately 12,300,000 shares of our common stock, representing approximately 93% of our common stock. Contemporaneous with this transaction, Grass Roots' President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Cery B. Perle, was elected as a member of our Board of Directors and appointed CEO, and Mr. Lam resigned his positions with our company. Mr. Richard Galterio, the other member of our Board of Directors before the transaction remained as a director, and Mr. Edward L. Hagan, Secretary of Grass Roots, was appointed our secretary. Mr. Perle, the principal stockholder of Grass Roots, and members of his family/household received an aggregate of 46% of our shares of common stock as a result of the exchange upon the merger. Effective August 16, 2006 we changed our name to Spare Backup, Inc. The corporate name change was brought about by a merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary into Newport International Group, Inc. with Newport International Group, Inc. surviving but renamed Spare Backup, Inc. RISK FACTORS An investment in our common stock involves a significant degree of risk. You should not invest in our common stock unless you can afford to lose your entire investment. You should consider carefully the following risk factors and other information in this annual report before deciding to invest in our common stock. WE HAVE A HISTORY OF LOSSES AND AN ACCUMULATED DEFICIT. WE ANTICIPATE CONTINUING LOSSES MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT LIQUIDITY AND CASH FLOW PROBLEMS. Our net losses for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 were $14,478,439 and $7,831,803, respectively. We have never generated meaningful revenues to fund our ongoing operations. At December 31, 2006 we had approximately $146,000 of cash on hand, excluding restricted cash of approximately $870,000 at December 31, 2006 which is held in escrow under the terms of our agreement with Circuit City described earlier in this annual report. We believe our working capital, including funds we have raised subsequent to December 31, 2006 from the exercise of outstanding warrants, is sufficient to fund our operating expenses for the next approximate six months. We are constantly evaluating our cash needs and existing burn rate in order to make appropriate adjustments in operating expenses. We will need to raise additional debt or equity capital within the next six to 12 months to provide funding for ongoing and future operations and to satisfy our obligations as they become due. No assurances can be given that we will be successful in obtaining additional capital, or that such capital will be available on terms acceptable to us. Our continued existence is dependent upon, among other things, our ability to raise capital and to market and sell our services successfully. The financial statements included in this annual report do not include any adjustments to reflect future adverse effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or amounts and classification of liabilities that may result if we are not successful. WE CANNOT PREDICT OUR FUTURE REVENUES OR WHETHER OUR PRODUCTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. IF THE MARKETS FOR OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DO NOT DEVELOP, OUR FUTURE RESULTS OF OPERATIONS WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED. 9
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Revenues from the sales of our Spare Backup line of products have been limited. We reported revenues of $73,046 and $23,920, respectively, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005. We cannot guarantee either that the demand for our Spare Backup line of software products will develop, that such demand will be sustainable or that we will ever effectively compete in our market segment. If we are unable to generate any significant revenues from our products and services our business, operating results, and financial condition in future periods will be materially and adversely affected and we may not be able to continue our business as presently operated. WE WILL NEED ADDITIONAL FINANCING WHICH WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN ON ACCEPTABLE TERMS. IF WE ARE UNABLE TO RAISE ADDITIONAL CAPITAL AS NEEDED, OUR CONTINUED OPERATIONS WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED AND THE FUTURE GROWTH OF OUR BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS WILL BE SEVERELY LIMITED. Historically, our operations have been financed primarily through the issuance of equity and debt. Because we have a history of losses and have never generated sufficient revenue to fund our ongoing operations, we are dependent on our continued ability to raise working capital through the issuance of equity or debt to fund our present operations. Because we do not know if our revenues will grow at a pace sufficient to fund our current operations, the continuation of our operations and any future growth will depend upon our ability to raise additional capital, possibly through the issuance of long-term or short-term indebtedness or the issuance of our equity securities in private or public transactions. The actual amount of our future capital requirements, however, depends on a number of factors, including our ability to grow our revenues and manage our business. If we raise additional capital through the issuance of debt, this will result in increased interest expense. If we raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the percentage ownership of our company held by existing stockholders will be reduced and those stockholders may experience significant dilution. In addition, new securities may contain certain rights, preferences or privileges that are senior to those of our common stock. There can be no assurance that acceptable financing can be obtained on suitable terms, if at all. If we are unable to raise additional working capital as needed, our ability to continue our current business will be adversely affected and may be forced to curtail some or all of our operations. CERTAIN OF OUR OUTSTANDING SECURITIES ARE CONSIDERED DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES. WE HAVE RECOGNIZED NON-CASH INCOME AND LOSSES IN FISCAL 2005 AND FISCAL 2004, WHICH HAVE HAD A MATERIAL EFFECT ON OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. In connection with the issuance of the 8% promissory notes in March 2004, we granted a subsequent financing conversion reset right, which expired on March 1, 2006. We issued similar rights to the holders of our 12.5% convertible subordinated promissory debentures. The conversion reset is considered an embedded conversion feature pursuant to EITF Issue No. 00-19. Additionally, because there was no explicit number of shares that are to be delivered upon satisfaction of subsequent financing conversion reset feature, we were unable to assert that we had sufficient authorized and unissued shares to settle such feature. Accordingly, all of our previously issued and outstanding instruments, such as warrants and options issued to non-employees pursuant to rendered services as well as those issued in the future, were classified as liabilities, effective with the granting of the subsequent financing conversion reset feature. This application of EITF Issue No. 00-19 resulted in an expense of $5,139,975 in fiscal 2004. As described in Note 6 to the financial statements which are included elsewhere in this annual report, the application of EITF Issue No. 00-19 on our financial statements for fiscal 2005 resulted in other income to us of $11,689,725 and other income to us of $179,927 for fiscal 2006. While these income items are non-cash transactions, in each of the years the application of the accounting standard had a significant impact on our net loss for the period through a reduction in our net loss of $11,689,725 for fiscal 2005 and $179,927 for fiscal 2006. In addition, at December 31, 2006 our balance sheet reflects a current liability of $11,392,225 related to the derivative liability. This derivative liability has materially adversely impacted our working capital. While we cannot predict the impact of this accounting standard on our financial statement in future periods as the income/expense calculation is based upon a current market value of our common stock, it is likely that it will have similar impacts on our financial statement in future periods. 10
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OUR PRICING MODEL FOR OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IS UNPROVEN AND MAY BE LESS THAN ANTICIPATED, WHICH MAY HARM OUR GROSS MARGINS. The pricing model of our products and services may be lower than expected as a result of competitive pricing pressures, promotional programs and customers who negotiate price reductions in exchange for longer term purchase commitments or otherwise. Our pricing model depends on the duration of the agreement, the specific requirements of the order, purchase volumes, the sales and service support and other contractual agreements. We expect to experience pricing pressure and anticipate that the average selling prices and gross margins for our products may decrease over product life cycles. We may not be successful in developing and introducing on a timely basis new products with enhanced features and services that can be sold at higher gross margins. THE EXERCISE OF OUTSTANDING WARRANTS AND THE CONVERSION OF OUTSTANDING NOTES WILL BE DILUTIVE TO OUR EXISTING STOCKHOLDERS. As of March 29, 2007 the following securities which are convertible or exercisable into shares of our common stock were outstanding: o 16,419,860 common stock purchase warrants to purchase a total of 16,419,860 shares of our common stock at prices ranging between $0.32 to $1.25 per share; o 1,171,875 shares of our common stock issuable upon the possible conversion of the outstanding $375,000 principal amount 12.5% convertible subordinated promissory debentures due March 2007, and o 11,964,485 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding options with exercise prices ranging from $0.001 to $2.25. The exercise of these warrants and the conversion of the notes may materially adversely affect the market price of our common stock and will have a dilutive effect on our existing stockholders. 11
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OUR QUARTERLY FINANCIAL RESULTS WILL CONTINUE TO FLUCTUATE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO FORECAST OUR OPERATING RESULTS. Our quarterly operating results have fluctuated in the past and we expect our revenues and operating results may vary significantly from quarter to quarter due to a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control, including: o the announcement or introduction of new services and products by us and our competitors; o our ability to upgrade and develop our products in a timely and effective manner; o our ability to retain existing customers and attract new customers at a steady rate, and maintain customer satisfaction; o the amount and timing of operating costs and capital expenditures relating to expansion of our business and operations; o government regulation; and o general economic conditions and economic conditions specific to development and marketing of software products, the market acceptance of new products offered by us, our competitors and potential competitors. Our limited operating history and unproven business model further contribute to the difficulty of making meaningful quarterly comparisons. Our current and future levels of expenditures are based primarily on our growth plans and estimates of expected future revenues. Such expenditures are primarily fixed in the short term and our sales cycle can be lengthy. Accordingly, we may not be able to adjust spending or generate new revenue sources timely to compensate for any shortfall in revenues. If our operating results fall below the expectations of investors, our stock price will likely decline significantly. BECAUSE WE EXPECT TO CONTINUE TO INCUR NET LOSSES, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT OUR BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE PRICE OF OUR STOCK MAY DECLINE. We have incurred net losses quarterly from inception through December 31, 2006, and we expect to continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, our ability to operate our business and implement our business strategy may be hampered by negative cash flows in the future, and the value of our stock may decline as a result. Our capital requirements may vary materially from those currently planned if, for example, we incur unforeseen capital expenditures, unforeseen operating expenses or investments to maintain our competitive position. If this is the case, we may have to delay or abandon some or all of our development plans or otherwise forego market opportunities. We will need to generate significant additional revenues to be profitable in the future and we may not generate sufficient revenues to be profitable on either a quarterly or annual basis in the future. To address the risks and uncertainties facing our business strategy, we must, among other things: o Achieve broad customer adoption and acceptance of our products and services; o Successfully raise additional capital in the future; o Successfully integrate, leverage and expand our product distribution; o Successfully scale our current operations; o Implement and execute our business and marketing strategies; o Address intellectual property rights issues that affect our business; o Develop and maintain strategic relationships to enhance the development and marketing of our existing and new products and services; and o Respond to competitive developments in the software industry. We might not be successful in achieving any or all of these business objectives in a cost-effective manner, if at all, and the failure to achieve these could have a serious adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial position. Each of these objectives may require significant additional expenditures on our part. Even if we ultimately do achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. 12
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WE HAVE NOT VOLUNTARILY IMPLEMENTED VARIOUS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MEASURES, IN THE ABSENCE OF WHICH, STOCKHOLDERS MAY HAVE MORE LIMITED PROTECTIONS AGAINST INTERESTED DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND SIMILAR MATTERS. Recent Federal legislation, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, has resulted in the adoption of various corporate governance measures designed to promote the integrity of the corporate management and the securities markets. Some of these measures have been adopted in response to legal requirements. Others have been adopted by companies in response to the requirements of national securities exchanges, such as the NYSE or The Nasdaq Stock Market, on which their securities are listed. Among the corporate governance measures that are required under the rules of national securities exchanges are those that address board of directors' independence, audit committee oversight, and the adoption of a code of ethics. Although we have adopted a Code of Ethics, we have not yet adopted any of these other corporate governance measures and, since our securities are not yet listed on a national securities exchange, we are not required to do so. We have not adopted corporate governance measures such as an audit or other independent committees of our board of directors as we presently only have one independent director. If we expand our board membership in future periods to include additional independent directors, we may seek to establish an audit and other committees of our board of directors. It is possible that if we were to adopt some or all of these corporate governance measures, stockholders would benefit from somewhat greater assurances that internal corporate decisions were being made by disinterested directors and that policies had been implemented to define responsible conduct. For example, in the absence of audit, nominating and compensation committees comprised of at least a majority of independent directors, decisions concerning matters such as compensation packages to our senior officers and recommendations for director nominees may be made by a majority of directors who have an interest in the outcome of the matters being decided. Prospective investors should bear in mind our current lack of corporate governance measures in formulating their investment decisions. WE CANNOT BE CERTAIN THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROTECT OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND WE MAY BE FOUND TO INFRINGE ON PROPRIETARY RIGHTS OF OTHERS, WHICH COULD HARM OUR BUSINESS Our intellectual property is critical to our business, and we seek to protect our intellectual property through copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, confidentiality provisions in our customer, supplier, potential investors, and strategic relationship agreements, nondisclosure agreements with third parties, and invention assignment agreements with our employees and contractors. We cannot assure you that measures we take to protect our intellectual property will be successful or that third parties will not develop alternative solutions that do not infringe upon our intellectual property. In addition, we could be subject to intellectual property infringement claims by others. Claims against us, and any resultant litigation, should it occur in regard to any of our services and applications, could subject us to significant liability for damages including treble damages for willful infringement. In addition, even if we prevail, litigation could be time-consuming and expensive to defend and could result in the diversion of our time and attention. Any claims from third parties may also result in limitations on our ability to use the intellectual property subject to these claims. Further, we plan to offer our services and applications to customers worldwide including customers in foreign countries that may offer less protection for our intellectual property than the United States. Our failure to protect against misappropriation of our intellectual property, or claims that we are infringing the intellectual property of third parties could have a negative effect on our business, revenues, financial condition and results of operations. COMPETITION MAY DECREASE OUR MARKET SHARE, REVENUES, AND GROSS MARGINS. We face intense and increasing competition in the web-base backup solutions market. If we do not compete effectively or if we experience reduced market share from increased competition, our business will be harmed. In addition, the more successful we are in the emerging market for web-based storage solutions, the more competitors are likely to emerge. We believe that the principal competitive factors in our market include: 13
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o Service functionality, quality and performance; o Ease of use, reliability and security of services; o Establish a significant base of customers and distribution partners; o Ability to introduce new services to the market in a timely manner; o Customer service and support; and o Pricing. Our primary competitors are various Internet-based backup providers broadcasters, such as Connected.com, Novastar, Livevault, firstbackup.com, Carbonate and X-drive (a division of AOL). These companies provide services similar to ours and each have to various degrees a market presence. We also compete with providers of traditional backup technologies, such as Symantec (Norton). Substantially all of our competitors may have more capital, longer operating histories, greater brand recognition, larger customer bases and significantly greater financial, technical and marketing resources than we do. These competitors may also engage in more extensive development of their technologies, adopt more aggressive pricing policies and establish more comprehensive marketing and advertising campaigns than we can. Our competitors may develop products and service offerings that we do not offer or that are more sophisticated or more cost effective than our own. For these and other reasons, our competitors' products and services may achieve greater acceptance in the marketplace than our own, limiting our ability to gain market share and customer loyalty and to generate sufficient revenues to achieve a profitable level of operations. Our failure to adequately address any of the above factors could harm our business and operating results. RESULT IN PRODUCT LIABILITY OR DECREASE MARKET ACCEPTANCE OF OUR SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS. The technology underlying services and applications are complex and include software that is internally developed and software licensed from third parties. These software products may contain errors or defects, particularly when first introduced or when new versions or enhancements are released. We may not discover software defects that affect our current or new services and applications or enhancements until after they are sold. Furthermore, because our services and applications are designed to work in conjunction with various platforms and applications, we are susceptible to errors or defects in third-party applications that can result in a lower quality product for our customers. Because our customers depend on us for communications management, any interruptions could: o Damage our reputation; o Cause our customers to initiate product liability suits against us; o Increase our product development resources; o Cause us to lose revenues; and o Delay market acceptance of our services and applications. Our operations also depend on receipt of timely feeds from our content providers, and any failure or delay in the transmission or receipt of such feeds could disrupt our operations. We also depend on Web browsers, ISPs and online service providers to provide access over the Internet to our product and service offerings. Many of these providers have experienced significant outages or interruptions in the past, and could experience outages, delays and other difficulties due to system failures unrelated to our systems. These types of interruptions could continue or increase in the future. Our digital distribution activities are managed by sophisticated software and computer systems. We must continually develop and update these systems over time as our business and business needs grow and change, and these systems may not adequately reflect the current needs of our business. We may encounter delays in developing these systems, and the systems may contain undetected errors that could cause system failures. Any system error or failure that causes interruption in availability of products or content or an increase in response time could result in a loss of potential or existing business services customers, users, advertisers or content providers. If we suffer sustained or repeated interruptions, our products, services and Web sites could be less attractive to such entities or individuals and our business could be harmed. 14
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Significant portions of our business are dependent on providing customers with efficient and reliable services to enable customers to broadcast content to large audiences on a live or on-demand basis. Our operations are dependent in part upon transmission capacity provided by third-party telecommunications network providers. Any failure of such network providers to provide the capacity we require may result in a reduction in, or interruption of, service to our customers. If we do not have access to third-party transmission capacity, we could lose customers and, if we are unable to obtain such capacity on terms commercially acceptable to us our business and operating results could suffer. While we have fully redundant systems, we may not have adequate business interruption insurance to compensate us for losses that may occur from a system outage. Despite our efforts, our network infrastructure and systems could be subject to service interruptions or damage and any resulting interruption of services could harm our business, operating results and reputation. PROVISIONS OF OUR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS MAY DELAY OR PREVENT A TAKEOVER WHICH MAY NOT BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR STOCKHOLDERS. Provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may be deemed to have anti-takeover effects, which include when and by whom special meetings of our stockholders may be called, and may delay, defer or prevent a takeover attempt. In addition, certain provisions of Delaware law also may be deemed to have certain anti-takeover effects which include that control of shares acquired in excess of certain specified thresholds will not possess any voting rights unless these voting rights are approved by a majority of a corporation's disinterested stockholders. In addition, our certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock with such rights and preferences as may be determined by our board of directors. Our board of directors may, without stockholder approval, issue preferred stock with dividends, liquidation, conversion or voting rights that could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of our common stockholders. OUR COMMON STOCK IS CURRENTLY QUOTED ON THE OTCBB, BUT TRADING IN OUR STOCK IS LIMITED. BECAUSE OUR STOCK CURRENTLY TRADES BELOW $5.00 PER SHARE, AND IS QUOTED ON THE OTC BULLETIN BOARD, OUR STOCK IS CONSIDERED A "PENNY STOCK" WHICH CAN ADVERSELY EFFECT ITS LIQUIDITY. The market for our common stock is extremely limited and there are no assurances an active market for our common stock will ever develop. Accordingly, purchasers of our common stock cannot be assured any liquidity in their investment. In addition, the trading price of our common stock is currently below $5.00 per share and we do not anticipate that it will be above $5.00 per share in the foreseeable future. Because the trading price of our common stock is less than $5.00 per share, our common stock is considered a "penny stock," and trading in our common stock is subject to the requirements of Rule 15g-9 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Under this rule, broker/dealers who recommend low-priced securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors must satisfy special sales practice requirements. SEC regulations also require additional disclosure in connection with any trades involving a "penny stock," including the delivery, prior to any penny stock transaction, of a disclosure schedule explaining the penny stock market and its associated risks. These requirements severely limit the liquidity of our securities in the secondary market because few broker or dealers are likely to undertake these compliance activities. 15
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ITEM 2. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY In November 2006 we entered into a five year lease agreement, commencing January 1, 2007, with an unrelated third party for approximately 6,850 square feet which will serves as our principal executive offices. Under the terms of the lease our initial annual base rent is approximately $152,000 and we will be responsible for our pro-rata share of common area expenses. The annual rent will escalate annually during the term of the lease to approximately $171,000 in the fifth year. We believe this facility meets our operational needs for the foreseeable future. ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS We are a party to a litigation pending in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Los Angeles, No. BC 354880, styled Newport International Group, Inc., Plaintiff, vs. Mads Ulrich, Fidelity Capital, Inc., E-Holdings, Inc. and Does 1 through 100, Defendants. This lawsuit, which we filed on July 5, 2006, arose out of our transaction with Langley Park Investment Trust, PLC which is described later in this section. We are alleging damages under California Corporate Code ss.25501.5, common law fraud, violations of Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, breach of contract, breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing and unjust enrichment. We are seeking a return of the approximately $1,600,000 we paid E-Holdings, Inc. in transaction-based compensation, together with damages of at least $10,000,000 and attorneys' fees and costs. On November 8, 2006, the Court denied Ulrich's motion to quash, finding that he was not subject to jurisdiction in California. After the court sustained two demurrers to various claims, we filed a second amended complaint on March 20, 2007. No trial date has been set. We are a party to litigation in Riverside County Superior Court, Case No. INC 057586, which was filed on March 22, 2006 by a former employee who alleges that she suffered harassment and infliction of emotional distress during her brief employment from July to October 2005, and that we breached a purported employment contract with her upon her resignation. We deny the former at-will employee's claims. On November 15, 2006, the Court entered an order sustaining in part and overruling in part our demurrer to that complaint, and an amended complaint was filed December 8, 2006, against which we filed a second demurrer. No trial date has been set. On March 14, 2007, we filed an action in Riverside Superior Court, Case No. INC 065722, against our landlord, Greenwood Property Management, for breach of our lease for the premises at 72575 Waring Drive, Palm Desert, California. Our complaint alleges the landlord failed to deliver the premises in compliance with all applicable building and safety codes, regulations and ordinances, which caused us damages exceeding $213,000.00 in repair costs. No trial date has been set. ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS None. 16
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PART II ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS Our common stock is quoted on the OTCBB under the symbol SPBU. The reported high and low sales prices for the common stock as reported on the OTCBB are shown below for the periods indicated. The quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, markdown or commission, and may not represent actual transactions. High Low Fiscal 2004 January 1, 2004 through March 31, 2004 $2.45 $1.75 April 1, 2004 through June 30, 2004 $2.45 $1.20 July 1, 2004 through September 30, 2004 $2.95 $1.20 October 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004 $3.25 $0.40 Fiscal 2005 January 1, 2005 through March 31, 2005 $1.65 $0.40 April 1, 2005 through June 30, 2005 $0.60 $0.34 July 1, 2005 through September 30, 2005 $1.55 $0.44 October 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005 $1.39 $0.61 Fiscal 2006 January 1, 2006 through March 31, 2006 $0.85 $0.50 April 1, 2006 through June 30, 2006 $0.52 $0.24 July 1, 2006 through September 30, 2006 $0.51 $0.33 October 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006 $0.59 $0.399 On March 27, 2007, the last sale price of our common stock as reported on the OTCBB was $0.95. As of March 26, 2007, there were approximately 360 record owners of our common stock. DIVIDEND POLICY We have never paid cash dividends on our common stock. Under Delaware law, we may declare and pay dividends on our capital stock either out of our surplus, as defined in the relevant Delaware statutes, or if there is no such surplus, out of our net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend is declared and/or the preceding fiscal year. If, however, the capital of our company, computed in accordance with the relevant Delaware statutes, has been diminished by depreciation in the value of our property, or by losses, or otherwise, to an amount less than the aggregate amount of the capital represented by the issued and outstanding stock of all classes having a preference upon the distribution of assets, we are prohibited from declaring and paying out of such net profits any dividends upon any shares of our capital stock until the deficiency in the amount of capital represented by the issued and outstanding stock of all classes having a preference upon the distribution of assets shall have been repaired. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES None. 17
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ITEM 6. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION OVERVIEW During March 2005 we launched Spare Backup, our fully automated online backup service, and in August 2005 we introduced our Spare Switch software which enables users to complete the transfer of personal files from one personal computer (PC) to another via a high speed Internet connection. We focus on owners and executives of businesses that use technology to support their businesses, but do not have an IT (information technology) department, as well as consumers who desire to secure the redundancy of available files and documents vital to the continuity of their operations, business, or personal information. Our concept is to develop a suite of complementary products and our products and services are designed for use by non-technical users. Our software has unique characteristics of additional coding that enables easy to scale infrastructure and support elements which we believe provides a competitive advantage over other providers whose products require large investments in hardware, as well as professional installation, training and support. We believe fiscal 2006 was a significant year in the life of our company. During fiscal 2006 our company achieved certain milestones in the development of our business as discussed below which we believe are crucial to our ability to increase our revenues in future periods. These milestones included a change in our distribution model and successfully entering into partner relationships with several leading national and international companies, as well as raising approximately $7.7 million in additional capital, unwinding an earlier transaction which resulted in a reduction in the number of our outstanding common shares and reducing our debt by approximately $775,000. Our initial business model for the distribution of our products and services was the sale of a stand alone software either directly from our website or through a reseller network focusing on retailers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). During the first part of fiscal 2006 we devoted significant focus to creating bundling opportunities with computer OEMs whereby our software is pre-loaded on the hardware and the purchaser is given a free trial. We believed this strategy would provide us more opportunity to retain the customer after the trial period. While we were successful in our initial efforts to develop the network of resellers and OEMs, including CompUSA, Fry and Systemax, we did not experience the adoption rate either we or our marketing partners had anticipated following the end of the trial period. This became particularly evident in our original distribution agreement with Circuit City. A trial version of our software was pre-loaded on personal computers sold by Circuit City and the purchasers were entitled to a free 60 day trial. Generally it was found that when a consumer purchased a new computer the method the purchaser would eventually use to backup of the data to be stored on that device was not a principal concern as they had no data on the new computer. While we found that while there was a demand for our products and services, our brand was unknown and those products and services were not as attractive on a standalone basis. Our adoption model was based on an "opt in" model in which the trial user was required to make an affirmative decision to purchase our product at the end of the trial period. While the process was streamlined, it required the completion of a simple form and providing us with a credit card. Most trial users had not experienced a catastrophic computer failure during the trial period thereby validating the need to purchase the software service at the end of the trial period. Accordingly, our adoption rates were lower than expected. It became evident that having the icon on a desktop and offering the free trial service was not sufficient to convert potential users to subscribers. We modified our strategy to focus our efforts on partnering with leading companies such as computer manufacturers, high speed cable providers, warranty and service companies that have established brands as a way to gain acceptance for, and create a demand for, our products and services. We believe that by bundling our products and services as one feature of a value-added service offered by major national and international brands that we will be able to leverage their brand recognition and marketing efforts to accelerate our market acceptance and significantly increase our adoption rates. We also believe that by securing the payment information upfront upon purchase of the bundled service, it will increase the retention of our customer base. This strategy also permits us to more effectively use our financial resources. 18
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During fiscal 2006 our change in strategy resulted in the establishment of an international partner relationship with Hewlett Packard, a partner relationship with CA, Inc. and a revised distribution strategy with Circuit City. To date in fiscal 2007 we have also added DSG International and DialAGeek(R) to our list of partner companies. Our market segment is relatively new and unproven. We believe that our ability during fiscal 2006 to successfully evolve our distribution strategy through cooperative discussions with our marketing partners validates the demand for our products and services within our target user base. Generally, we pay these partner companies a percentage of the sales for a specific period of time, after which we retain all revenue generated from the end users. We believe that this financial structure will significantly reduce our per end user acquisition cost while significantly increasing our market visibility as our success is shared with our business partners. The evolution of our distribution strategy and the establishment of these partner relationships represent some of the major milestones of our company for fiscal 2006. For example, we believe the relationship with DSG International will be of particular significance to our company in the coming years. DSG International, while not a "household" name in the U.S., it is Europe's leading specialist electronic retailing group with more than 1,200 stores and online stores, operating in 27 countries with 40,000 employees. More than 100 million customers shop on line and in store with DSG International annually. Our adoption model with DSG International is an "opt out" model. At the beginning of the trial service, at which time the subscriber accepts all terms and conditions associated with the offer, the customer gives us a credit card number to which we can automatically charge the customer if they go over the allotted offer, one gigabyte or for a period of time, for example 30 days. Upon expiration of the trial period the customer is then required to make an affirmative effort to cancel the service. We believe that the difference between an "opt in" model and the "opt out" model will significantly increase our adoption rates following the initial 1 gigabyte trial period. Since June 2006 we have also been able to convert an initial, limited agreement with Hewlett-Packard Company for a trial PC backup service for U.S. consumers into an expanded 12 month renewable contract. In January 2007 we entered into an additional statement of work with Hewlett Packard under which the covered territories were expanded to include England and Sweden during a trial period running beginning in April 2007 when we will be offering a similar HP branded website to customers within those countries. It the pilot is successful, the program will be expanded to include France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Denmark, Finland and Norway. In February 2007 we entered into a third statement of work which covers HP's small business customers who purchase off the shelf notebook and/or desktop computers and/or other computing products, software and devices directly from a retail location or an e-commerce site. During the pilot period of April 1, 2007 to June 30, 2007 we will provide PC backup services through our Spare Backup and Spare Switch products. If this pilot is successful, HP will work to facilitate the inclusion of our Space Backup service on notebook and desktop computers sold to small businesses using traditional retail and e-commerce channels. Additionally, Spare Backup is now included in the HP Media Vault, once again establishing additional channels within our distribution network. During fiscal 2006 we also gained valuable experience in our ability to do business with large national and international companies. We believe that one of the greatest obstacles in doing business with the larger companies is the organizational structure and processes inside the corporation. From the perspective of a small, agile company these larger companies sometimes do not work as fast we might like and our experience has been that these companies typical do not meet deadlines. For example, under our agreement with CA, Inc. the product launch was set for February 15, 2007 and we were ready in advance of that date. However, as a result of internal difficulties with certain of their resources CA, Inc. has pushed back the launch date to May 1, 2007. The knowledge we have gained through our experiences will enable us to better forecast launch dates. 19
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Perhaps an equally significant milestone for fiscal 2006 was the success of our capital raising efforts. During fiscal 2006 we raised approximately $7.7 million in proceeds from the sale of equity and debt instruments, net of repayments of debt and offering costs of approximately $690,000. Included in our capital raises during fiscal 2006 was the sale of $1,500,000 principal amount 8% convertible promissory notes which automatically converted into equity upon our subsequent equity private placement. We used the offering proceeds we received in fiscal 2006 to provide the $1,000,000 escrow funds required under our agreement with Circuit City, to reduce our obligations and for general working capital. We also used approximately $633,000 of the offering proceeds as partial consideration for the repurchase of 5,882,352 shares of our common stock which we had sold to Langley Park Investment Trust Plc in July 2004 as described later in this section. Those shares have been cancelled and returned to our company thereby reducing the number of our outstanding common shares. During fiscal 2006 we were also able to reduce our debt obligations. At the beginning of fiscal 2006 our outstanding debt included approximately $790,000 due under 8% promissory notes due March 2006 and approximately $650,000 due under 12.5% convertible subordinated promissory debentures due between March 2007 and June 2007. During fiscal 2006 the holders of approximately $496,000 of the 8% promissory notes converted the notes to equity. Subsequent to December 31, 2006 the holders of an additional $292,000 of the 8% promissory notes have converted these notes to equity. We have issued an aggregate of 912,594 shares of our common stock upon these conversions and we had previously registered under the Securities Act of 1933 the resale of the shares issuable upon the conversion of these debt instruments. Lastly, like many new companies in the beginning it was difficult for us to hire sufficiently qualified individuals. As we have matured we have been able to attract individuals with the experience and talent we believe is necessary to enable our company to grow to the next level. During fiscal 2006 we expanded our senior staff through the addition of Alton Hoover and Ivor Newman. Both of these individuals bring significant professional expertise to our company. Al Hoover has more than 20 years experience in computer operations, applications development and networking technologies. Prior to joining our company he was CTO for Luna Imaging, Inc., CTO of Capstar Network Systems, CTO of ClickRadio, Inc. and Senior VP with FAME Information Services. Ivor Newman has over 19 years of program management and product marketing experience, most recently as the Worldwide cross line of business (X-Lob) Program Manager for Dell Inc. where he was responsible for the successful creation and implementation of global services programs. In 2007 we further expanded our senior staff through the addition of Darryl Adams as our Director of Software Development. Our goals for fiscal 2007 include: 1) improve our agility in expanding our network infrastructure to accommodate our anticipated growth 2) enhance features and functionalities of our product offerings as well as provide translated versions of our our existing and enhanced product offerings to expand our customer base 3) expand our customer service capabilities to accommodate the our anticipated growth in the United States and in Europe 4) increase our resources in marketing programs to expand our distribution channels to other major computer manufacturers and resellers and distributors 5) Secure additional financing to accommodate our anticipated growth of operations. 20
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To accomplish these goals we will need to: o Manufacture CD and collateral materials for in store use as well as free product giveaways to existing customers of retail partners and computer manufacturers together with with extensive training of sales people; o increase our data center capacity to handle the anticipated increases in our subscriber base. During fiscal 2006 we maintained data centers in Arizona and Chicago and in February 2007 we added a third data center in New Jersey. We anticipate that we will not renew our agreement for the Chicago data center when it is scheduled for renewal in June 2007. During fiscal 2007 we would like to invest approximately $1 million in our data center infrastructure, including the purchase of additional storage arrays and hardware to meet current and anticipated future demands. Our current architecture provides us with the flexibility to add additional servers within days. Our current lead time from our vendors on additional hardware is approximately two weeks; o continue to update our software through the addition of new features. During fiscal 2006 we completed several updates of our code which allows it to mature and reduces the number of errors inherent in software code. In January 2007 we introduced version 3.0 of our Spare Backup software which offers a continuous backup feature and in the second or third quarter of fiscal 2007 we anticipate that we will introduce version 4.0. This latest version will have a new user interface with a new "look and feel," be more user friendly, include built-in antivirus or Internet security features together with additional value-added services. During fiscal 2007 we will also release our new small-to-medium sized business product for between two to 25 users with Hewlett Packard followed by other computer manufacturers which we believe will accelerate our entry into the small business segment of our target market. We anticipate that we will need to invest approximately $1 million in the development of new software, updating of our existing software and a new user interface in fiscal 2007 to stay current with market demands; o complete the conversion of our customer services to a 24/7/365 basis which is scheduled for the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2007. We anticipate that our overseas sales will warrant this increased availability and we are seeking to include staff fluent in a number of additional languages such as French, German and Spanish. If we are unable to hire a sufficient number of appropriately qualified individuals in our customer service center we may consider outsourcing our tier 1 customer service; and o hire additional technical and mid-management staff. Our sales resources are presently on-staff and the program management is on retainer. As our revenues increase we expect to increase our headcount in areas of program management, marketing, development and customer service. Our approach is to outsource as many of these functions as possible to suppliers who are experts in the various disciplines, while only hiring senior staff for the purpose of interaction with suppliers. We believe this strategy will allow us to keep expenses flat while growing our revenue base. Our offices are in a geographic location which is not tech heavy and we face competition in hiring qualified employees and consultants. If we are able to hire the personnel we presently deem necessary, our selling, general and administrative expenses will increase although we are presently unable to quantify the amount of projected increase. Our ability to meet our goals in fiscal 2007 is dependent on our ability to continue to raise sufficient additional capital, as well as our ability to successfully conclude the trial programs with Hewlett-Packard as well as additional computer OEMs and other partner relationships. We anticipate that our cash needs for fiscal 2007 are approximately $3 million to $8 million, which includes approximately $1 for general working capital. Historically the types of financing transactions we have engaged in have resulted in the recognition of non-cash derivative liabilities related to the components of those financings. As described later in this section, at December 31, 2006 our balance sheet reflects a derivative liability of approximately $11.4 million. If we are 21
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successful in eliminating the debt related to our 8% promissory notes and 12.5% convertible subordinated promissory debentures during fiscal 2007 we will eliminate the derivative liabilities from our balance sheet, absent additional transactions which require similar accounting treatment. While we have historically been at a disadvantage in negotiating terms of financing transactions which have resulted in the recognition of these derivative liabilities, we believe that we may be able to structure transactions which do not require this adverse treatment during fiscal 2007 based upon the operational progress of our company during fiscal 2006. There are, of course, no assurances we are correct. GOING CONCERN We have generated minimal revenue since our inception on June 12, 2002, and have incurred net losses of approximately $47.5 million since inception through December 31, 2006. As a result, our current operations are not an adequate source of cash to fund future operations. The report of our independent registered public accounting firm on our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006 contains an explanatory paragraph regarding our ability to continue as a going concern based upon our net losses and cash used in operations. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to obtain the necessary financing to meet our obligations and repay our liabilities when they become due and to generate profitable operations in the future. We plan to continue to provide for our capital requirements through the sale of equity securities and debt, however, we have no firm commitments from any third party to provide this financing and we cannot assure you we will be successful in raising working capital as needed. There are no assurances that we will have sufficient funds to execute our business plan, pay our obligations as they become due or generate positive operating results. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES A summary of significant accounting policies is included in Note 2 to the audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report. We believe that the application of these policies on a consistent basis enables our company to provide useful and reliable financial information about the company's operating results and financial condition. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates. We account for stock options issued to employees in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Principles Board ("APB") Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," and related interpretations. As such, compensation cost is measured on the date of grant as the excess of the current market price of the underlying stock over the exercise price. Such compensation amounts, if any, are amortized over the respective vesting periods of the option grant. We adopted the disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" and SFAS 148, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation -Transition and Disclosure", which permits entities to provide pro forma net income (loss) and pro forma earnings (loss) per share disclosures for employee stock option grants as if the fair-valued based method defined in SFAS No. 123 had been applied. We account for stock options and stock issued to non-employees for goods or services in accordance with the fair value method of SFAS 123. We account for our investment in equity securities pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No.115. This standard requires such investments in equity securities that have readily determinable fair values be measured at fair value in the balance sheet and that unrealized holding gains and losses for investments in available-for-sale equity securities and investments in trading equity securities be recorded as a component of stockholders' equity and statement of operations, respectively. Furthermore, it provides that if factors leads us to determine that the fair value of certain financial instruments is impaired, that we should adjust the carrying value of such investments to its fair value. 22
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RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS In November 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement No. 151 (SFAS 151), Inventory costs, an amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4. SFAS 151 clarifies that abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs and wasted materials should be recognized as current period charges. In addition, SFAS 151 requires that allocation of fixed production overhead to inventory be based on the normal capacity of the production facilities. SFAS 151 is effective for inventory costs incurred during fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. We currently believes that the adoption of SFAS 151 will not have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows. In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 123 (revised 2004) "Share-Based Payment". This Statement requires that the cost resulting from all share-based transactions be recorded in the financial statements. The Statement establishes fair value as the measurement objective in accounting for share-based payment arrangements and requires all entities to apply a fair-value-based measurement in accounting for share-based payment transactions with employees. The Statement also establishes fair value as the measurement objective for transactions in which an entity acquires goods or services from non-employees in share-based payment transactions. The Statement replaces SFAS 123 "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25 "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees". The provisions of this Statement were effective for our company beginning with our fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123(R), "Share-Based Payment," which replaces SFAS No. 123 and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25. Under SFAS No. 123(R), companies are required to measure the compensation costs of share-based compensation arrangements based on the grant-date fair value and recognize the costs in the financial statements over the period during which employees are required to provide services. Share-based compensation arrangements include stock options, restricted share plans, performance-based awards, share appreciation rights and employee share purchase plans. In March 2005 the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, or "SAB 107". SAB 107 expresses views of the staff regarding the interaction between SFAS No. 123(R) and certain SEC rules and regulations and provides the staff's views regarding the valuation of share-based payment arrangements for public companies. SFAS No. 123(R) permits public companies to adopt its requirements using one of two methods. On April 14, 2005, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a new rule amending the compliance dates for SFAS 123R. Companies may elect to apply this statement either prospectively, or on a modified version of retrospective application under which financial statements for prior periods are adjusted on a basis consistent with the pro forma disclosures required for those periods under SFAS 123. We expect that any expense associated with the adoption of the provisions of SFAS 123R will have a material impact on our results of operations. Effective January 1, 2006, we have fully adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 123R and related interpretations as provided by SAB 107. In May 2005, the Financial Accounting Standard Board ("FASB") issued Statement No. 154, "Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20, Accounting Changes, and Statement No. 3, Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements" (SFAS 154). SFAS 154 changes the requirements for the accounting for, and reporting of, a change in accounting principle. Previously, most voluntary changes in accounting principles were required to be recognized by way of a cumulative effect adjustment within net income during the period of the change. SFAS 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods' financial statements, unless it is impracticable to determine either the period-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. SFAS 154 is effective for accounting changes made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005; however, the Statement does not change the transition provisions of any existing accounting pronouncements. We do not believe adoption of SFAS 154 will have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. 23
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In June 2005, the Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") issued EITF 05-2, "The Meaning of Conventional Convertible Debt Instrument in Issue No. 00-19". EITF 05-2 retained the definition of a conventional convertible debt instrument as set forth in EITF 00-19, and which is used in determining certain exemptions to the accounting treatments prescribed under SFAS 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities". EITF 05-2 also clarified that certain contingencies related to the exercise of a conversion option would not be outside the definition of "conventional" and determined that convertible preferred stock with a mandatory redemption date would also qualify for similar exemptions if the economic characteristics of the preferred stock are more akin to debt than equity. EITF 05-2 is effective for new instruments entered into and instruments modified in periods beginning after June 29, 2005. We adopted the provisions of EITF 05-2 on July 1, 2005, which did not have a material effect on our financial statements. In July 2005, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position ("FSP") 150-5, "Accounting Under SFAS 150 for Freestanding Warrants and Other Similar Instruments on Redeemable Shares". FSP 150-5 clarifies that warrants on shares that are redeemable or puttable immediately upon exercise and warrants on shares that are redeemable or puttable in the future qualify as liabilities under SFAS 150, regardless of the redemption feature or redemption price. The FSP is effective for the first reporting period beginning after June 30, 2005, with resulting changes to prior period statements reported as the cumulative effect of an accounting change in accordance with the transition provisions of SFAS 150. We adopted the provisions of FSP 150-5 on July 1, 2005, which did not have a material effect on our financial statements. In July 2005, the FASB issued EITF 05-6, "Determining the Amortization period for Leasehold Improvements Purchased After Lease Inception or Acquired in a Business Combination", which addressed the amortization period for leasehold improvements made on operating leases acquired significantly after the beginning of the lease. The EITF is effective for leasehold improvements made in periods beginning after June 29, 2005. We adopted the provisions of EITF 05-6 on July 1, 2005, which did not have a material impact to our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. 24
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006 ("FISCAL 2006") AS COMPARED TO THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005 ("FISCAL 2005") [Enlarge/Download Table] FISCAL YEAR ENDED INCREASE/ INCREASE/ DECEMBER 31, (DECREASE) $ (DECREASE) % 2006 2005 2006 VS 2005 2006 VS 2005 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Revenues .................................... $ 73,046 $ 23,920 49,126 +205% Operating expenses: Research and development ................... 850,982 782,150 68,832 +8.8% Sales, general and administrative .......... 11,155,486 5,206,366 5,949,120 +114% ------------ ------------ ------------ ------- Total operating expenses .......... 12,006,468 5,988,516 6,017,952 +100.5% Operating loss .............................. (11,933,422) (5,964,596) 5,968,826 +100.1% Other income - derivative liabilities ....... 762,713 11,689,725 (10,927,012) NM Other expenses - settlement with stockholders 0 (730,000) 730,000 NM Other expenses - derivative liabilities ..... (582,786) 0 582,786 NM Transfer - unrealized gain - investment held for sale to trading security ................ 112,509 0 112,509 NM Unrealized loss - transfer of available for sale securities to trading securities ....... 0 (4,999,263) (4,999,263) NM Unrealized loss - trading securities ........ 0 (270,384) (270,384) NM Realized loss - trading securities .......... (111,624) (5,777,843) (5,666,219) NM Interest expense ............................ (2,725,829) (1,779,442) (946,387) +53% ------------ ------------ ------------ ------- Total other expenses, net ......... (2,545,017) (1,867,207) 677,810 +36% ------------ ------------ ------------ ------- Net Loss .................................... $(14,478,439) $ (7,831,803) 6,646,636 +84.8% Transfer of previous unrealized loss on restricted investment ....................... 0 4,999,263 NM NM Transfer of available for sale securities to trading securities .......................... 0 4,999,263 NM NM Unrealized gain (loss) - restricted investment .................................. (112,509) 112,509 NM NM Comprehensive income (loss) ................. $(14,590,948) $ 2,279,232 NM NM NM = not meaningful REVENUES The increase in revenues for fiscal 2006 as compared to fiscal 2005 reflects our continuing efforts to market our Spare Back-Up product offerings. Included in our revenues for fiscal 2006 were deferred revenues of $12,684 we had recorded in fiscal 2005. While we have begun establishing our distribution channels and anticipate that our revenues for fiscal 2007 will exceed those for fiscal 2006, we are unable to predict with any certainty our revenues in future periods. OPERATING EXPENSES Our total operating expenses for fiscal 2006 increased $6,017,952, or approximately 100%, from fiscal 2005. Our operating expenses included expenses related to research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses. 25
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Research and Development Research and development expenses consist primarily of compensation expenses paid to our software engineers, employees and consultants. We spent $850,982 on research and development expenses in fiscal 2006 as compared to $782,150 in fiscal 2005. Research and development expenses represented approximately 7% of our total operating expenses for fiscal 2006 as compared to approximately 13% for fiscal 2005. The increase in our increase in research and development expenses for fiscal 2006 when compared to the comparable period in fiscal 2005 is primarily due to reallocation of additional internal resources during fiscal 2006 to develop additional features and enhancements for our Spare Back-Up product. We anticipate that we will continue to incur research and development expenses in future periods as a result of the addition of new features and the launch of new versions of our products, however we are not able at this time to quantify the amount of such expenditures. Sales, General, and Administrative Expenses For fiscal 2006 our selling, general and administrative expenses were $11,155,486 as compared to $5,206,366 for fiscal 2005. Selling, general and administrative expenses represented approximately 93% and approximately 65% of our total operating expenses for fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005, respectively. The principal changes in selling, general and administrative expenses from fiscal 2005 to fiscal 2006 include the following: o During fiscal 2006 we hired two consultants in Europe to render marketing and public relations services to us. issued options and warrants to consultants as compensation for marketing and public relations services to us. We paid these consultants $525,000 in cash and issued them warrants to purchase 3,300,000 shares of our common stock at exercise prices ranging from $0.35 to $0.60 per share as compensation for their services. During fiscal 2006 in addition to the cash compensation expense of $525,000 we recorded non-cash expense related to the fair value of these warrants of $1,029,000, which such amount was included in the aggregate expense of the fair value of derivatives at issuance of $1,537,550 for fiscal 2006. This represented an increase of $1,254,500, or approximately 443%, from fiscal 2005. o Amortization of deferred compensation consists primarily of the value of shares issued as compensation for consulting services prior to December 31, 2006 which were not substantially completed at the time of the issuance of the shares. We recorded non-cash expenses related to amortization of deferred compensation of $1,855,601 and $823,404 for fiscal 2005. Amortization of deferred compensation represented approximately 16% and approximately 14% of our total operating expenses for fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005, respectively. The increase in amortization of deferred compensation during fiscal 2006 is primarily due to shares we issued for services during the second half of fiscal 2005 and the first half of fiscal 2006 for strategic and marketing services to be rendered over periods of up to one year. At December 31, 2006 there remained $93,370 of deferred compensation related to these agreement which has not yet been recognized. As a result of the amortization of this deferred compensation expense during fiscal 2007, we will recognize an expense related thereto in the first quarter of fiscal 2007. In addition, if we enter into other consulting agreement the term of which are greater than 12 months under generally accepted accounting principles we will be required to recognize a portion of that consulting expense as deferred compensation. As we have from time to time entered into these type of agreements, it is possible that we will continue to recognize similar expenses during future periods, although we are unable to predict the amount of or timing of such expenses. 26
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o Stock-based compensation consists of the fair value of options. For fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005 we recorded non-cash expenses of $2,250,330 and $456,631, respectively, related to stock-based compensation expense. Stock-based compensation - options represented approximately 19% of our total operating expenses for fiscal 2006 as compared to approximately 8% for fiscal 2005. The increase in stock-based payment during fiscal 2006 is primarily attributable to the implementation of SFAS 123(R). Under SFAS No. 123(R), which was effective January 1, 2006, companies are now required to measure the compensation costs of share-based compensation arrangements based on the grant date fair value and recognize the costs in the financial statements over the period during which employees are required to provide services. o Payroll expenses increased $77,474, or approximately 13% to $662,544 for fiscal 2006 from $585,070 for fiscal 2005. This increase represents the additional of two employees during the year as well as increases in compensation levels of certain of our employees As described earlier in this section, while we anticipate payroll expenses will increase during fiscal 2007 we are presently unable to quantify the amount of such anticipated increase. o As described elsewhere in this annual report, during fiscal 2006 we entered into an agreement with Circuit City for the distribution of products. Under the terms of the agreement we deposited $1,000,000 in an escrow account to secure the obligations associated with compensation to Circuit City under this agreement. Through December 31, 2006 we recognized expenses associated with this agreement of approximately $379,000 for which there was no comparable expense in fiscal 2005. During fiscal 2007 we will continue to incur similar expenses under the terms of the agreement with Circuit City. o Travel expenses were approximately $1,100,000 in fiscal 2006 as compared to approximately $793,000 in fiscal 2005, an increase of approximately 39%. This increase reflected costs associated with our capital raising activities as well as the expansion of our partner agreements. We anticipate that travel expenses will remain constant in fiscal 2007 from fiscal 2006 levels, or increase slightly, as we continue our efforts to expand our revenues. o Marketing and advertising fees and costs increased approximately 104% in fiscal 2006 to approximately $882,000 from approximately $433,000 in fiscal 2005. o Legal fees increased to approximately $384,000 in fiscal 2006 from approximately $218,000 in fiscal 2005. o Other sales, general and administrative expenses, which includes accounting fees, rent, and general overhead and operating expenses, decreased approximately 13% to approximately $1,400,000 for fiscal 2006 from approximately $1,616,000 for fiscal 2005. We anticipate that other sales, general and administrative expenses for fiscal 2007 will reflect a modest increase from fiscal 2006 levels. TOTAL OTHER EXPENSES, NET Our total other expenses, net for fiscal 2006 increased $667,810, or approximately 36%, from fiscal 2005. This increase included the following: Other Income - Derivative Liabilities and Other Expenses- Derivative Liabilities Other income - derivative liabilities and other expenses - derivative liabilities consist of income or expense associated with the change in the fair value of derivative liabilities as a result of the application of EITF Issue No. 00-19 to our financial statements. The difference in fair value of the derivative liabilities between the date of their issuance and their measurement date, which amounted to an increase of approximately $180,000 and approximately $12.0 million for fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005, respectively, has been recognized as other income in those periods. Please see Note 6 - Derivative Liabilities of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements at December 31, 2006 appearing elsewhere in this annual report for a more complete description of the components of derivative liabilities and their impact on our financial statements. 27
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So long as the 8% promissory notes and/or the 12.5% convertible subordinated promissory debentures remain outstanding we will recognize other income or expense in future periods based upon the fluctuation of the market price of our common stock. This non-cash income or expense has materially impacted our results of operations in prior periods and is reasonably anticipated to materially affect our net loss or net income in future periods. We are, however, unable to estimate the amount of such income/expense in future periods as the income/expense is partly based on the market price of our common stock at the end of a future measurement date. In addition, in the future if we issue securities which are classified as derivatives we will incur expense and income items in future periods. Investors are cautioned to consider the impact of this non-cash accounting treatment on our financial statements. Other Expenses - Settlement with Stockholders Other expenses - settlement with stockholders consisted of the fair value of 1,000,000 shares of our common stock issued during fiscal 2005 as settlement of a dispute in connection with the sale of securities to Robinson Reed, Inc. and First Capital Holdings International, Inc. during fiscal 2004. We did not have a comparable expense during fiscal 2006. Transfer-Unrealized Gain-Investment Held for Sale to Trading Securities and Unrealized Loss-Transfer of Available-For-Sale Securities to Trading Securities Transfer-unrealized gain -investment held for sale to trading securities consist of unrealized gain or losses on investment held for sale which were re-categorized as trading securities transferred from other comprehensive income (loss) to earnings at the date of the intent to sell the shares. Such re-categorizations were one-time events and we do not expect that such transfers will occur in the foreseeable future. Unrealized and Realized Loss Trading Securities Unrealized and realized loss- trading securities consist of realized losses on trading securities which were sold during the fiscal 2005. Such sales were one-time events and we do not expect that such sales will occur in the foreseeable future. Interest Expense Interest expense consists primarily of interest recognized in connection with the amortization of debt discount and interest on our convertible promissory notes. The increase in interest expense during the fiscal 2006 when compared to fiscal 2005 is primarily attributable to the amortization of the debt discount amounting to $1.5 million associated with the 8% convertible promissory notes which were sold during the second quarter of fiscal 2006. These notes were subsequently converted into equity during fiscal 2006 pursuant to their terms. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) For fiscal 2006 we recognized a loss of $112,509 on the transfer of unrealized gain - investment held for sale to trading security and during fiscal 2005 we recognized income of $10,304,724 related to transfer of previous realized loss on restricted investment ($4,999,263), transfer of available for sale securities to trading securities ($4,999,263) and unrealized gain - restricted investments of $270,384. As described in Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements at December 31, 2006 appearing elsewhere in this annual report, the items of income and expense were one-time events and we do not expect to report similar expense or income in future periods. These one-time, non-cash items, however, increased our net loss by $112,509 for fiscal 2006 and resulted in comprehensive income for fiscal 2005 of $2,279,232. 28
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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES Liquidity is the ability of a company to generate funds to support its current and future operations, satisfy its obligations and otherwise operate on an ongoing basis. The following table provides certain selected balance sheet comparisons between December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005: [Enlarge/Download Table] DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31, $ CHANGE % CHANGE 2006 2005 2006 V 2005 (+/-) ------------ ------------ ------------ -------- Working capital (deficit) ........................... $(11,852,100) $ (6,875,700) 4,976,400 +72.4% Cash ................................................ $ 146,318 $ 165,938 (19,620) -11.8% Restricted cash ..................................... $ 872,820 $ 60,000 812,820 +1,355% Total current assets ................................ $ 1,019,138 $ 225,938 793,200 +351% Property and equipment, net of depreciation ......... $ 488,818 $ 330,584 158,234 +47.9% Restricted investment in marketable securities ...... $ 0 $ 246,430 (246,430) -100% Deferred financing costs, net of amortization ....... $ 0 $ 42,720 (42,720) -100% Other assets ........................................ $ 75,380 $ 27,983 47,397 +169% Total assets ........................................ $ 1,583,336 $ 873,657 709,679 +81.2% Accounts payable and accrued expenses ............... $ 853,176 506,572 346,604 +68.4% 8% convertible promissory notes, net of debt discount $ 293,509 $ 694,421 (400,912) -57.7% 12.5% convertible note, net of debt discount (1) .... $ 295,201 $ - 295,201 NM Accrued interest on convertible promissory notes .... $ 22,097 $ 37,575 (15,478) -41.2% Derivative liabilities .............................. $ 11,392,255 $ 5,828,454 5,563,801 +95.5% Due to stockholder .................................. $ 15,000 $ 15,000 0 - % Total current liabilities ........................... $ 12,871,238 $ 7,101,638 5,769,600 +81.2% 12.5% convertible notes, net of debt discount (1).... $ - $ 269,853 (269,853) NM Total liabilities ................................... $ 12,877,664 $ 7,377,916 5,499,748 +74.5% Total stockholders' (deficit) ....................... $(11,294,328) $ (6,504,259) 4,790,069 +73.6% NM = not meaningful (1) $300,000 principal amount of the 12.5% convertible notes are due in March 2007 and the remaining $60,000 principal amount are due in May 2007 and June 2007. Accordingly, at December 31, 2005 these notes were classified as a long-term liability on our balance sheet but at December 31, 2006 these notes are now considered a current liability and are classified accordingly on our balance sheet. We have experienced losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception and the report of our independent registered public accounting firm on our financial statements for fiscal 2006 contains an explanatory paragraph regarding our ability to continue as going concern. At December 31, 2006, we had cash on hand of approximately $146,000[, exclusive of restricted cash in escrow under the terms of our agreement with Circuit City. At December 31, 2006, we had a working capital deficiency of approximately $11.8 million. A significant component of this working capital deficiency is a derivative liability of approximately $11.4 million which we have recognized in connection with the grant or the issuance of various embedded conversion features, liquidated damages, and freestanding warrants. As discussed earlier in this section, we anticipate that we will recognize changes in these liabilities in future periods based upon the fluctuation of the market price of our common stock. This non-cash liability materially impacts our balance sheet at December 31, 2006. Based upon the value associated with the liability at future measurement dates, the amount of the liability could significantly increase or decrease in future periods, however, we are unable to quantify the amount of the liabilities associated with these derivatives in those future periods. During fiscal 2006, our cash decreased $19,620. This decrease consisted of $6,901,251 in cash provided by financing activities which was offset by $6,686,667 of cash used in operating activities and $234,204 of cash used in investing activities. 29
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Net cash used in operating activities for fiscal 2006 increased $2,561,435 from fiscal 2005. Included in this change is an increase in our net loss for the period to $14,478,439, as compared to a net loss of $7,831,803 for fiscal 2005, and is primarily attributable to an increase of $5,949,120 in our sales general and administrative expenses for the fiscal 2006 from fiscal 2005 and the effect of increased expenses in the 2006 period related to non-cash transactions including the losses associated with derivative liabilities, amortization of debt discounts and deferred compensation and the value of shares issued as compensation. In addition, during fiscal 2006 changes in operating assets and liabilities included an increase of $812,820 associated the deposit of that amount in escrow account to secure certain obligations associated with compensation to Circuit City, together with a decrease in other assets of $50,000 which was offset by increases in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $346,604. Net cash used in investing activities was $201,165 for fiscal 2006 as compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $485,272 for fiscal 2005. This change is attributable to a reduction in cash received from the sale of marketable securities and proceeds from the issuance of notes during fiscal 2006 as compared to fiscal 2005, together with a decrease in cash used for the purchase of equipment in fiscal 2006 as compared to fiscal 2005. Net cash provided by financing activities increased $4,734,087 during fiscal 2006 from fiscal 2005. During fiscal 2006 we received $8,424,224 from the issuance of securities which was offset by the repayment of lease obligations, principal repayments on notes, payment of financing costs and the repurchase of shares of our common stock from Langley Park Investment Trust PLC in the aggregate amount of $1,523,095. During the fiscal 2005 period we received $2,478,105 from the issuance of convertible promissory notes and the exercise of options which was offset by the repayment of convertible notes, the payment of financing costs and principal repayments of lease obligations in the aggregate amount of $310,941. At December 31, 2006 we had approximately $293,509 outstanding under our 8% promissory notes were due March 1, 2006 which have substantially been converted into 912,564 shares of our common stock, together with an additional $295,201 outstanding under our 12.5% convertible subordinated promissory debentures that are due between March 2007 and June 2007, which will be converted or satisified during the first half of 2007. As set forth earlier in this section, both of these securities are convertible into shares of our common stock at the option of the holders and we have previously registered the resale of the underlying shares. In connection with the sales of shares of our common stock to Robinson Reed, Inc. in fiscal 2004 we granted Robinson Reed, Inc. a put option covering an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of our common stock. In February and March 2007, we received notifications from Robinson Reed indicating its intent to exercise the right to sell its remaining 1,617,228 shares that are subject to these put options at a put option price of $1.25 per share. To satisfy its obligations under the put option rights, The Company will pay $1,250,000, less $100,000 previously paid to repurchase 1,000,000 shares from Robinson Reed, Inc. and Robinson Reed, Inc. will retain the remaining 617,228 shares and the Company will issue an additional 668,664 restricted shares to Robinson Reed, Inc. We have generated minimal revenues since inception and our current operations are not an adequate source of cash to fund future operations absent a significant increase in our revenues during fiscal 2007. Historically we have relied on private placement issuances of equity and debt financing instruments. Our future capital requirements depend primarily on the rate at which we increase our revenues and correspondingly decrease our use of cash to fund operations. As described earlier in this section, during fiscal 2007 we will need to raise additional working capital to fund our ongoing operations and growth. The amount our future capital requirements depend primarily on the rate at which we increase our revenues and correspondingly decrease our use of cash to fund operations. Cash used for operations will be affected by numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, our ability to successfully market our products and services and the degree to which competitive products and services are introduced to the market. As long as our cash flow from operations remains insufficient to completely fund operations, we will continue depleting our financial resources and seeking additional capital through equity and/or debt financing. If we raise additional capital through the 30
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issuance of debt, this will result in increased interest expense. If we raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the percentage ownership of our company held by existing stockholders will be reduced and those stockholders may experience significant dilution. In addition, new securities may contain certain rights, preferences or privileges that are senior to those of our common stock. There can be no assurance that acceptable financing to fund our ongoing operations can be obtained on suitable terms, if at all. If we are unable to obtain the financing necessary to support our operations, we may be unable to continue as a going concern. In that event, we may be forced to cease operations and our stockholders could lose their entire investment in our company. RECENT CAPITAL RAISING TRANSACTIONS During February 2006 and March 2006, we sold an aggregate of 4,200,000 shares of our common stock at an offering price of $0.50 per share to 36 accredited investors in a private offering resulting in gross proceeds to us of $2,100,000 We used the net proceeds for general working capital. During February 2006 and March 2006, we sold 1,123,750 shares of our common stock to three accredited investors at an offering price of $0.40 per share, and issued those purchasers five year common stock purchase warrants to purchase an aggregate of 561,875 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.40 per share, in a private offering resulting in gross proceeds to us of $449,500. We paid Skyebanc, Inc., an NASD member firm of which one our directors is an officer, a commission of $34,950 and issued it warrants to purchase 175,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.40 per share. We used the net proceeds for general working capital. We agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC covering the shares of our common stock issued in this offering, including the shares underlying the warrants, within 60 days of the closing of the offering. This registration statement, which was filed on December 6, 2006 was filed to fulfill this contractual obligation. We have agreed to use our best efforts to respond to SEC comments on the registration statement within 10 days of receipt and to use our best efforts to have the registration statement declared effective by the SEC within 90 days of April 15, 2006. If we fail to conform to any of these deadlines, or if the registration statement does not remain effective for 60 consecutive days once it has been declared effective by the SEC, we have agreed to issue the purchasers additional warrants at the rate of 2% for each 30 day period. As we failed meet both of these filing deadlines, at December 31, 2006 we were obligated to issue the purchasers additional warrants to purchase an aggregate of 78,652 shares of our common stock. As a result of this contractual requirement, these securities are considered derivative liabilities. We have agreed to pay all costs associated with the filing of the registration statement and any Rule 144 or other legal opinions required in connection with the transfer of these securities. In June 2006 we sold an aggregate of $1,500,000 principal amount 8% convertible promissory notes to 18 accredited investors in a private placement exempt from registration in reliance on exemptions provided by Regulation D and Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. Brookstreet Securities Corporation, which acted as placement agent in the offering, purchased $250,000 principal amount of the 8% convertible notes. The notes, which were due 18 months from the date of issuance, bore interest at the rate of 8% per annum which was payable on the maturity date. As compensation for its services as placement agent, Brookstreet Securities Corporation, an NASD member firm, received a cash commission of 11% of the gross proceeds of the offering $165,000 and a five year common stock warrant to purchase 1,071,429 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.40 per share. We used the proceeds for working capital, including the repayment of debt, and the repurchase of our stock from Langley Park Investment Trust PLC. Under the terms of our 8% convertible promissory notes, at such time as we received gross proceeds of at least $1,000,000 in any financing the principal and accrued interest of the notes automatically converted into units of our securities (the "Conversion Units") at a conversion rate of $1.75 per unit. As a result of our 2006 unit private placement which closed in October 2006 as described below, the 8% convertible promissory notes automatically converted into the Conversion Units. Each Conversion Unit is comprised of five shares of 31
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common stock and two two-year warrant to purchase shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.40 per share (the "Conversion Warrant"). We issued an aggregate of 4,353,692 shares of our common stock and 1,741,476 Conversion Warrants. During March 2007, we issued to holders of such warrants a warrant call. Holders of an aggregate of 1,741,476 warrants exercised those warrants and we received gross proceeds of $696,589. We will pay Brookstreet Securities Corporation a cash fee of $48,761 and issued them warrants to purchase an aggregate of 121,903 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.40 per share as compensation in connection with the warrant call. Between July and November 2006 we sold an aggregate of 2,060,245 units of our securities to 111 accredited investors in a private transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 in reliance on exemptions provided by Regulation D, Rule 506 and Section 4(2) of that act. Each unit consisted of five shares of our common stock and two common stock purchase warrants, each two year warrant entitling the holder to purchase one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.60 per share. The offering price of the unit was $2.25 and we received gross proceeds of $4,635,500 from this offering. Brookstreet Securities Corporation acted as placement agent for us in this offering. We paid Brookstreet Securities Corporation a sales commission of $231,775 (5% of the gross offering proceeds) and a non-accountable expense allowance of $278,130 (6% of the offering proceeds), and we agreed to reimburse Brookstreet Securities Corporation for out-of-pocket marketing and due diligence expenses. We issued that firm a five year Placement Agent Warrant to purchase 2,575,285 shares of our common stock (representing 25% of the shares included in the units sold in the offering at an exercise price of $0.45 per share. We also agreed to pay Brookstreet Securities Corporation a cash commission of 7% of the total funds we receive upon the exercise of any of the warrants included in the units and issue that firm additional five year warrants at an exercise price of $0.45 per share equal to a number which represents 7% of the shares underlying the warrants so exercised. During March 2007, we notified the holders of such warrants to exercise their warrants pursuant to our right to call such warrants. We received gross proceeds of $1,232,266 pursuant to the exercise of 4,120,444 warrants during March 2007. . We will pay Brookstreet Securities Corporation a cash fee of $86,259 and issued them warrants to purchase an aggregate of 288,431 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.45 per share as compensation in connection with this warrant call. TRANSACTION WITH LANGLEY PARK INVESTMENT TRUST PLC In July 2004, we issued 5,882,352 shares of our common stock to Langley Park Investment Trust PLC in exchange for 6,484,840 ordinary shares of Langley Park. Langley Park's ordinary shares were quoted on the London Stock Exchange and the shares we acquired in the transaction were freely saleable by us, subject to the escrow provisions. Langley Park agreed not to sell or otherwise dispose of our shares of common stock it acquired for a period of two years from the date of the transaction. At the time of the transaction we placed 3,242,420 of the Langley Park ordinary shares we acquired in an escrow account with Gottbetter & Partners, LLP as a downside price protection for Langley Park. These shares were to remain in escrow for up to two years, subject to early termination upon the consent of the parties. If at the end of the two year period the average of the 10 closing bid prices per share of our common stock during the 10 trading days immediately preceding July 30, 2006 was below $2.01, a proportion of the Langley Park ordinary shares held in escrow would be returned to Langley Park in the same ratio as the average closing bid price is to $2.01. Following the initial transaction, we sold the remaining 3,242,420 ordinary shares of Langley Park we had acquired in July 2004 and received net proceeds of approximately $632,717. In August 2004 we entered into an agreement with E-Holdings, Inc. in connection with this transaction. Pursuant to this agreement, as a finder's fee, we agreed to transfer 877,500 shares of Langley Park to E-Holdings, Inc., and grant a put option to E-Holdings, Inc. whereby we agreed to repurchase the 877,500 Langley Park ordinary shares transferred to E-Holdings, Inc. for (pound)1.00 per share for a period of one year from the date of the agreement. During fiscal 2004, we paid approximately $1,600,000 in lieu of transferring the agreed 877,500 shares of Langley Park to E-Holdings, Inc. 32
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On May 26, 2006 we entered into a Repurchase Agreement with Langley Park wherein we repurchased the 5,882,352 shares of our common stock sold to Langley Park in July 2004. As consideration, we: o sold Langley Park the remaining 3,242,420 ordinary shares of Langley Park which were deposited into the escrow account, o paid Langley Park a cash payment of approximately $633,000 which represented the net proceeds we had received to date from the sale of Langley Park ordinary shares, and o issued Langley Park a two year common stock purchase warrant for 3,000,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $1.00 per share. Langley Park agreed to a two-year lock up on the shares of common stock it will acquire upon any exercise of the warrant, and thereafter to limit its monthly sales of the shares to no more than 10% of the average volume of our common stock during the preceding month. We have registered the resale of the shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the warrant. Under the terms of the Repurchase Agreement, the parties exchanged general releases, except for any claims that we may have against Mr. Mads Ulrich and entities owned or controlled by him including First Fidelity Capital, Inc. and E-Holdings, Inc. (collectively, "Ulrich"). We agreed to indemnify Langley Park against legal fees or costs associated with any claim or cause of action we may bring against Ulrich up to $100,000 and in connection therewith deposited $50,000 and 150,000 shares of our common stock issued in the name of Langley Park into escrow. If we did not file any claim or cause of action against Ulrich on or before December 1, 2006, the escrow agent was required to return the $50,000 and the 150,000 shares of common stock to us and Ulrich would have automatically been considered a released party under the terms of the general release of Langley Park by our company. If, however, we did file a claim or cause of action against Ulrich prior to December 1, 2006, the escrow agent is thereafter authorized to use all or any portion of the $50,000 to pay Langley Park's legal fees and costs and, if such legal fees and costs exceed the $50,000, to sell all or any portion of the 150,000 shares of common stock up to $50,000 worth and apply those proceeds to Langley Park's legal fees and costs. Following a final judgment or settlement in any Ulrich claim or cause of action, the escrow agent will return to us any unused portion of cash or stock. As described earlier in this annual report under Part I., Item 3. Legal Proceedings," in November2006 we filed a lawsuit against Ulrich. Concurrently, we entered into an Amendment to Escrow Agreement under Gottbetter & Partners under which we deposited a demand promissory note to Langley Park in the principal amount of (pound)32,424 (approximately $60,642 on May 26, 2006), and Langley Park deposited a demand promissory note to us in the principal amount of (pound)32,424. Gottbetter & Partners was to continue to hold the 3,242,420 ordinary shares of Langley Park which were originally deposited in escrow with it in July 2004 and the two promissory notes until the two-year anniversary of the closing of the July 2004 agreement with Langley Park, at which time Gottbetter & Partners delivered the escrowed shares to Langley Park and destroyed the two promissory notes. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Our financial statements are contained in pages F-1 through F-25, which appear at the end of this annual report. ITEM 8. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE None. 33
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ITEM 8A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 31, 2006, the end of the period covered by this report, our management concluded its evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and procedures designed to reasonably assure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, such as this report, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods prescribed by SEC rules and regulations, and to reasonably assure that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer who also acts as our principal financial and principal accounting officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system's objectives will be met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. The design of any system of controls is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Based upon the evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer has concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective for timely gathering, analyzing and disclosing the information we are required to disclose in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Our management, which includes our Chief Executive Officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to (i) give reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, and (ii) ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during our fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. ITEM 8B. OTHER INFORMATION None. 34
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PART III ITEM 9. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND CONTROL PERSONS; COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS NAME AGE POSITIONS ---- --- --------- Cery B. Perle 44 President, CEO and Chairman of the Board Edward L. Hagan 34 Secretary and director Richard Galterio 42 Director CERY B. PERLE. Mr. Perle has served as our President, CEO and Chairman since February 2004. Mr. Perle co-founded Grass Roots in June of 2002. Mr. Perle has experience in numerous start-up ventures. A primary focus of Mr. Perle's experience has been on the sales and marketing of innovative ideas and products. Prior to Grass Roots, from 2001 to 2002, he was director of Crystal Consulting Group, a business-consulting firm. From 2000 to 2001, he was engaged as a consultant to Rxalternative.com, an alternative healthcare web site. From 1994 to 1998, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Waldron & Co., a California-based registered broker-dealer, where he established four branch offices in addition to the West Coast based corporate office of the investment firm. In September 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission commenced a civil action against Mr. Perle and Waldron & Co., a broker-dealer registered with the Commission. The civil action alleged that Mr. Perle and Waldron artificially raised the market price of Shopping.com, an Internet retailer whose initial public offering was underwritten by Waldron & Co. In February 1999, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, acting upon the Commission's allegations, entered a permanent injunction against Mr. Perle, enjoining him from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 15(c)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rules 10b-5 and 15cl-2 thereunder, and required Mr. Perle to pay a $110,000 civil penalty. As a result of the February 1999 injunction, in October 1999, Mr. Perle was barred from association with any broker-dealer. In June 2001, Mr. Perle was barred by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. from any association with any NASD member in any capacity. The sanction was based upon findings that Mr. Perle received $30,000 of checks from customers for the purchase of Shopping.com IPO stock prior to the IPO registration statement being declared effective by the Commission. In April 1998, a class action lawsuit was filed against Shopping.com, Mr. Perle and Waldron in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Mr. Perle filed for personal bankruptcy in 2001 for which a final decree was granted in March 2002. In January 2001 the U.S. Department of Labor brought an action against Waldron & Co. and Mr. Perle in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California for violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) alleging that violations of ERISA occurred when Waldron & Co. and Mr. Perle failed to forward contributions of approximately $50,000 withheld from employee paychecks to Waldron & Co.'s 401(k) Plan. Among other relief's, the suit sought to permanently bar Mr. Perle from serving as a fiduciary of or service provider to any plan covered by ERISA. Although Mr. Perle was never formally notified of the outcome of the action, he has assumed that such an order was issued. EDWARD L. HAGAN. Mr. Hagan has been a member of our Board of Directors and our Secretary since February 2004. Mr. Hagan co-founded Grass Roots in June 2002 and has been a director and secretary of that company since inception, and served as Chief Financial Officer from inception through September 2, 2002. Since 1990, he has owned and managed Hagan Farms Partnership, a commercial agricultural company and since 2003 he has owned SeaBreeze Nursery, a commercial container nursery. 35
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RICHARD GALTERIO. Mr. Galterio has been a member of our Board of Directors since July 2003. Since September 2004 he has been Chief Operating Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Skyebanc, Inc., an NASD member firm. From October 1998 until September 2004 he was Managing Director of Private Equity for vFinance, Inc., an investment banking firm which is a member of the NASD, a position he had held since the acquisition in September 1998 by vFinance, Inc. of First Level Capital, a NASD member firm which he co-founded in 1998. Mr. Galterio is also a member of the Board of Directors of ResQnet. During his tenure at First Level Capital, Mr. Galterio served as Compliance and Operations Director. Mr. Galterio was employed by Commonwealth Associates, an NASD member firm, from 1991 to 1998, initially in the capacity as a registered representative (1991 to 1993) and then as Managing Director (1994 to 1998) where his responsibilities included branch management and compliance. From 1986 to 1991, Mr. Galterio was Director of Research for Barry Leeds and Associates, a firm specializing in sales tracking research for the banking industry. Mr. Galterio received a B.S. in Business Management with honors from Villanova University. Mr. Galterio holds Series 27, 7 and 55 licenses from the NASD. There are no family relationships between any of the executive officers and directors. Each director is elected at our annual meeting of stockholders and holds office until the next annual meeting of stockholders, or until his successor is elected and qualified. KEY EMPLOYEES ALTON HOOVER. Mr. Hoover, 52, has been Vice President of Engineering of our Spare Backup subsidiary since May 2006. Mr. Hoover has more than 20 years experience in computer operations, applications development and networking technologies. Prior to joining Spare Backup, from 2003 to 2005, Mr. Hoover was the Chief Technology Officer for Luna Imaging, Inc. where he was responsible for Lunas Insight suite of software and services for managing and cataloging multi-media content and was responsible for software development, quality assurance, production operations and customer support. Mr. Hoover served as Chief Technology Officer for both Capstar Network Systems (from 2001 to 2003) and ClickRadio, Inc. (from 1999 to 2001), as well as held a Senior VP position with FAME Information Services, Inc. (from 1995 to 1999). Mr. Hoover holds a BS/BA from the University of Central Florida and an MBA from Georgia State University. IVOR A. NEWMAN. Mr. Newman, 41, has served as Vice President of Operations of our Spare Backup subsidiary since May 2006. Mr. Newman has over 19 years of program management and product marketing experience. Prior to joining Spare Backup, from November 1999 to May 2006, Mr. Newman was the Worldwide cross line of business (X-Lob) Program Manager for Dell Inc. where he was responsible for the successful creation and implementation of global services programs. Mr. Newman joined Dell in 1999 and was intimately involved with the global services division. JENELL FONTES. Ms. Fontes, 40, has served as Director of Marketing since inception of Grass Roots in 2003. From 1992 to 2002, Ms. Fontes was the founder and operator of Empressas Castell, Inc., a chain of five Mexican specialty restaurants located in Palm Springs, California. From 1991 to 1993, she served as a National Account Manager for Coors Distributing Company. Ms. Fontes received a BA in Business with a marketing emphasis from San Diego State University and an Executive Masters in Business Administration from California State University, San Bernardino. Ms. Fontes is Mr. Perle's fiancee. DARRYL ADAMS. Mr. Adams, 31, has served as our Director of Software since October 2006. Mr. Adams is experienced in software development. Prior to joining our company, from March 2003 until October 2006 he was employed by Automated Trading Desk, LLC, a South Carolina based high-tech brokerage and market maker that applies sophisticated algorithmic methods to equities trading, as a team member responsible for implementation and analysis of various stock price prediction engines. From December 2001 to March 2003 he operated Cinderblock Inc., a North Carolina-based consulting firm that he founded which provided custom software solutions for technology companies and from September 1999 to October 2001 he was employed by ClickRadio, Inc., a provider of Internet based music entertainment software, where he participate in the development of software elements and was responsible for client configuration management and build processes needed to release software and upgrades to the public. Mr. Adams received a B.S. with honors in mathematics from the College of Charleston. 36
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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION Messrs. Perle, Hagan and Galterio are the members of our Board of Directors. We have not established standard compensation arrangements for our directors and the compensation payable to each individual for their service on our Board is determined from time to time by our Board of Directors based upon the amount of time expended by each of the directors on our behalf. The following table provides information concerning the compensation of Messrs. Hagan and Galterio for their services as members of our Board of Directors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. Mr. Perle did not receive any compensation specifically for his services as a director. [Enlarge/Download Table] DIRECTOR COMPENSATION Non- Fees Non-Equity Qualified Earned or Incentive Deferred Paid in Stock Option Plan Compensation All Other Cash Awards Awards Compensation Earnings Compensation Total Name ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) -------------------- --------- ------ ------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------- Edward L. Hagan (1) 0 0 102,500 0 0 0 102,500 Richard Galterio (2) 0 0 205,000 0 0 0 205,000 (1) During fiscal 2006 Mr. Hagan was granted options to purchase 250,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.41 per share as compensation for his services as a director. The value attributable to this option granted was computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards (FAS) 123R. (2) During fiscal 2006 Mr. Galterio was granted options to purchase 500,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.41 per share as compensation for his services as a director. The value attributable to this option granted was computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards (FAS) 123R. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT Based solely upon a review of Forms 3 and 4 and amendments thereto furnished to us under Rule 16a-3(d) of the Securities Exchange Act during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 and Forms 5 and amendments thereto furnished to us with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, as well as any written representation from a reporting person that no Form 5 is required, we are aware that the above Board members failed to file on a timely basis, as disclosed in the aforementioned Forms, reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, except as set forth below: During 2006, Cery Perle did not timely filed on three occasions the reporting of grant of options aggregating the right to purchase 800,000 shares During 2006, Rich Galterio did not timely filed on one occasion the reporting of grant of options the right to purchase 500,000 shares During 2006, Edward Hagan did not timely filed on one occasion the reporting of grant of options the right to purchase 250,000 shares CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics to provide guiding principles to all of our employees. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics does not cover every issue that may arise, but it sets out basic principles to guide our employees and provides that all of our employees must conduct themselves accordingly and seek to avoid even the appearance of improper behavior. Any employee which violates our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics will be subject to disciplinary action, up to an including termination of his or her employment. Generally, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics provides guidelines regarding: 37
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o compliance with laws, rules and regulations, o conflicts of interest, o insider trading, o corporate opportunities, o competition and fair dealing, o discrimination and harassment, o health and safety, o record keeping, o confidentiality, o protection and proper use of company assets, o payments to government personnel, o waivers of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, o reporting any illegal or unethical behavior, and o compliance procedures. In addition, we have also adopted a Code of Ethics for our Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers. In addition to our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, our CEO and senior financial officers are also subject to specific policies regarding: o disclosures made in our filings with the SEC, o deficiencies in internal controls or fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role in our financial reporting, disclosure or internal controls, o conflicts of interests, and o knowledge of material violations of securities or other laws, rules or regulations to which we are subject. A copy of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to this annual report. We will provide a copy, without charge, to any person desiring a copy of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, by written request to, 17257 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92260, Attention: Corporate Secretary. COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Our Board of Directors has not established any committees, including an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee or a Nominating Committee, any committee performing a similar function. The functions of those committees are being undertaken by the entire board as a whole. Because we do not have any independent directors, our Board of Directors believes that the establishment of committees of the Board would not provide any benefits to our company and could be considered more form than substance. We do not have a policy regarding the consideration of any director candidates which may be recommended by our stockholders, including the minimum qualifications for director candidates, nor has our Board of Directors established a process for identifying and evaluating director nominees. We have not adopted a policy regarding the handling of any potential recommendation of director candidates by our stockholders, including the procedures to be followed. Our Board has not considered or adopted any of these policies as we have never received a recommendation from any stockholder for any candidate to serve on our Board of Directors. Given our relative size and lack of directors and officers insurance coverage, we do not anticipate that any of our stockholders will make such a recommendation in the near future. While there have been no nominations of additional directors proposed, in the event such a proposal is made, all members of our Board will participate in the consideration of director nominees. None of our directors is an "audit committee financial expert" within the meaning of Item 401(e) of Regulation S-B. In general, an "audit committee financial expert" is an individual member of the audit committee or Board of Directors who: o understands generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements, o is able to assess the general application of such principles in connection with accounting for estimates, accruals and reserves, o has experience preparing, auditing, analyzing or evaluating financial statements comparable to the breadth and complexity to our financial statements, o understands internal controls over financial reporting, and o understands audit committee functions. 38
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Since our formation we have relied upon the personal relationships of our CEO to attract individuals to our Board of Directors. While we would prefer that one or more of our directors be an audit committee financial expert, the individuals whom we have been able to attract to our Board do not have the requisite professional backgrounds. As with most small, early stage companies until such time our company further develops its business, achieves a stronger revenue base and has sufficient working capital to purchase directors and officers insurance, we do not have any immediate prospects to attract independent directors. When we are able to expand our Board of Directors to include one or more independent directors, we intend to establish an Audit Committee of our Board of Directors. It is our intention that one or more of these independent directors will also qualify as an audit committee financial expert. Our securities are not quoted on an exchange that has requirements that a majority of our Board members be independent and we are not currently otherwise subject to any law, rule or regulation requiring that all or any portion of our Board of Directors include "independent" directors, nor are we required to establish or maintain an Audit Committee or other committee of our Board of Directors. ITEM 10. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE The following table summarizes all compensation recorded by us in each of the last two completed fiscal years for our principal executive officer, each other executive officer serving as such whose annual compensation exceeded $100,000 and up to two additional individuals for whom disclosure would have been made in this table but for the fact that the individual was not serving as an executive officer of our company at December 31, 2006. The value attributable to any option awards is computed in accordance with FAS 123R. [Enlarge/Download Table] SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE -------------------------- NON-EQUITY INCENTIVE NONQUALIFIED ALL NAME AND STOCK OPTION PLAN DEFERRED OTHER PRINCIPAL SALARY BONUS AWARDS AWARDS COMPENSATION COMPENSATION COMPENSATION TOTAL POSITION YEAR ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) EARNINGS ($) ($) ($) (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) ----------------- ---- ------- ----- ------ ------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------- Cery B. Perle (1) 2006 243,650 0 0 571,908 0 0 34,383 849,941 2005 221,500 0 0 199,929 0 0 14,400 435,829 Jenell Fontes (2) 2006 120,000 0 0 267,800 0 0 0 387,800 2005 120,000 0 0 73,500 0 0 0 193,500 (1) Mr. Perle has served as our president and CEO since February 2004. For fiscal 2006 in addition to his salary Mr. Perle's compensation included option awards to purchase a total of 2,800,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise prices ranging from $0.34 to $0.45 per share which were valued at $571,908, together with other compensation which included $19,983 of additional vacation pay and $14,400 of reimbursement of automobile expenses. For fiscal 2005 All other compensation paid to him represents reimbursement for automobile expenses. In addition, Option Awards during fiscal 2005 includes options to purchase an aggregate of 49,822 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.001 per share valued at $19,929 were granted to him as additional compensation and options to purchase 100,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.45 per share as additional compensation valued at $20,000 granted to him in March 2005. During fiscal 2005 we also issued Mr. Perle options to purchase 500,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.45 as compensation for his board services. The exercise price of the options equaled the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant and were valued at $160,000. (2) Ms. Fontes is our Director of Marketing and Mr. Perle's fiancee. In addition to her salary, Ms. Fontes' 2006 compensation includes options to purchase 375,000 shares of our common stock with exercise prices ranging from $0.34 to $0.45 per share valued at $267,800, and her 2005 compensation includes options to purchase 108,928 shares of our common stock with exercise prices ranging from $0.0001 to $0.45 per share valued at $73,500. Mr. Perle disclaims beneficial ownership over any securities held by Ms. Fontes. 39
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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH MR. PERLE On January 1, 2003 we entered into a two-year employment agreement with Mr. Cery B. Perle to serve as our president. The agreement automatically renewed for an additional two-year term upon its expiration, with a 10% increase in his base salary annually. Under the terms of this agreement, we currently pay Mr. Perle an annual base salary of $239,800. We initially granted him an option to purchase 2,000,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share as additional compensation. This option vested ratably over the two-year term of the agreement. Upon the renewal of the agreement in January 2006 we granted him options to purchase an additional 2,000,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.45 per share, which vest ratably over a 24-month period. The agreement also provides for an automobile allowance which is presently $2,500 per month], paid vacation, fringe benefits commensurate with his duties and responsibilities and benefits in the event of disability, as well as containing certain non-disclosure and non-competition provisions. Under the terms of the agreement, we may terminate Mr. Perle's employment either with or without cause. If the agreement is terminated by us without good cause, or by Mr. Perle with cause, we would be obligated to pay him his base salary though the end of the term of the agreement, continue his benefits through the end of the term and all options would continue to vest during the remaining period of the term. To the extent that Mr. Perle is terminated for cause, or he voluntarily resigns, no severance benefits will be paid. OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END The following table provides information concerning unexercised options, stock that has not vested and equity incentive plan awards for each named executive officer outstanding as of December 31, 2006: [Enlarge/Download Table] EQUITY INCENTIVE EQUITY PLAN INCENTIVE AWARDS: MARKET PLAN MARKET NUMBER VALUE AWARDS: OR EQUITY OF OF NUMBER PAYOUT INCENTIVE SHARES SHARES OF VALUE OF PLAN OR OR UNEARNED UNEARNED AWARDS: UNITS UNITS SHARES, SHARES, NUMBER OF NUMBER OF NUMBER OF OF OF UNITS OR UNITS OR SECURITIES SECURITIES SECURITIES STOCK STOCK OTHER OTHER UNDERLYING UNDERLYING UNDERLYING THAT THAT RIGHTS RIGHTS UNEXERCISED UNEXERCISED UNEXERCISED OPTION HAVE HAVE THAT THAT OPTIONS OPTIONS UNEARNED EXERCISE OPTION NOT NOT HAVE NOT HAVE NOT (#) (#) OPTIONS PRICE EXPIRATION VESTED VESTED VESTED VESTED NAME EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE (#) ($) DATE (#) ($) (#) (#) (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) ------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -------- ---------- ------ ------ --------- --------- Cery B. 1,000,000 0.02 12/31/07 Perle 100,000 0.45 3/21/10 11,250 0.0001 5/24/10 11,250 0.0001 5/30/10 11,250 0.0001 6/14/10 11,250 0.0001 6/29/10 500,000 0.45 6/30/10 4,822 0.0001 9/14/10 2,000,000 0.45 1/14/11 500,000 0.41 5/31/11 250,000 0.34 7/26/11 50,000 0.43 10/12/11 Jenell 500,000 0.02 12/31/07 Fontes 100,000 0.45 3/22/10 5,357 0.0001 8/31/10 350,000 0.45 1/14/11 25,000 0.34 7/26/11 40
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2002 STOCK OPTION AND STOCK AWARD PLAN On August 9, 2002, our board of directors authorized, and holders of a majority of our outstanding common stock approved and adopted, our 2002 Stock Option and Stock Award Plan covering 1,000,000 shares of common stock. On April 20, 2004, the plan was amended to increase the number of shares covered by the plan to 12,000,000 shares to accommodate grants previously provided under the Grass Roots Communications, Inc. compensation program, and on May 31, 2006 the plan was again amended to further increase the number of shares covered by the plan to 27,000,000 shares.. At December 31, 2006 we have granted options to purchase an aggregate of 10,933,699 shares of our common stock. The purpose of the plan is to encourage stock ownership by our officers, directors, key employees and consultants, and to give such persons a greater personal interest in the success of our business and an added incentive to continue to advance and contribute to us. Our board of directors, or a committee of the board, will administer the Plan including, without limitation, the selection of the persons who will be awarded stock grants and granted options, the type of options to be granted, the number of shares subject to each option and the exercise price. Plan options may either be options qualifying as incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or non-qualified options. In addition, the plan allows for the inclusion of a reload option provision, which permits an eligible person to pay the exercise price of the option with shares of common stock owned by the eligible person and receive a new option to purchase shares of common stock equal in number to the tendered shares. Furthermore, compensatory stock amounts may also be issued. Any incentive option granted under the plan must provide for an exercise price of not less than 100% of the fair market value of the underlying shares on the date of grant, but the exercise price of any incentive option granted to an eligible employee owning more than 10% of our outstanding common stock must not be less than 110% of fair market value on the date of the grant. The term of each plan option and the manner in which it may be exercised is determined by the board of directors or the committee, provided that no option may be exercisable more than 10 years after the date of its grant and, in the case of an incentive option granted to an eligible employee owning more than 10% of the common stock, no more than five years after the date of the grant. Eligibility Our officers, directors, key employees and consultants are eligible to receive stock grants and non-qualified options under the plan. Only our employees are eligible to receive incentive options. Administration The plan will be administered by our board of directors or an underlying committee. The board of directors or the committee determines from time to time those of our officers, directors, key employees and consultants to whom stock grants or plan options are to be granted, the terms and provisions of the respective option agreements, the time or times at which such options shall be granted, the type of options to be granted, the dates such plan options become exercisable, the number of shares subject to each option, the purchase price of such shares and the form of payment of such purchase price. All other questions relating to the administration of the plan, and the interpretation of the provisions thereof and of the related option agreements, are resolved by the board of directors or committee. 41
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Shares Subject to Awards We have currently reserved 27,000,000 of our authorized but unissued shares of common stock for issuance under the plan, and a maximum of 27,000,000 shares may be issued, unless the plan is subsequently amended, subject to adjustment in the event of certain changes in our capitalization, without further action by our board of directors and stockholders, as required. Subject to the limitation on the aggregate number of shares issuable under the plan, there is no maximum or minimum number of shares as to which a stock grant or plan option may be granted to any person. Shares used for stock grants and plan options may be authorized and unissued shares or shares reacquired by us, including shares purchased in the open market. Shares covered by plan options which terminate unexercised will again become available for grant as additional options, without decreasing the maximum number of shares issuable under the plan, although such shares may also be used by us for other purposes. The plan provides that, if our outstanding shares are increased, decreased, exchanged or otherwise adjusted due to a share dividend, forward or reverse share split, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination or exchange of shares, an appropriate and proportionate adjustment will be made in the number or kind of shares subject to the plan or subject to unexercised options and in the purchase price per share under such options. Any adjustment, however, does not change the total purchase price payable for the shares subject to outstanding options. In the event of our proposed dissolution or liquidation, a proposed sale of all or substantially all of our assets, a merger or tender offer for our shares of common stock, the board of directors may declare that each option granted under the Plan terminates as of a date to be fixed by the board of directors; provided that not less than 30 days written notice of the date so fixed shall be given to each participant holding an option, and each such participant shall have the right, during the period of 30 days preceding such termination, to exercise the participant's option, in whole or in part, including as to options not otherwise exercisable. Terms of Exercise The plan provides that the options granted thereunder shall be exercisable from time to time in whole or in part, unless otherwise specified by the committee or by the board of directors. The plan provides that, with respect to incentive stock options, the aggregate fair market value (determined as of the time the option is granted) of the shares of common stock, with respect to which incentive stock options are first exercisable by any option holder during any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000. Exercise Price The purchase price for shares subject to incentive stock options must be at least 100% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date the option is granted, except that the purchase price must be at least 110% of the fair market value in the case of an incentive option granted to a person who is a "10% stockholder." A "10% stockholder" is a person who owns, within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, at the time the incentive option is granted, shares possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of our outstanding shares. The plan provides that fair market value shall be determined by the board of directors or the committee in accordance with procedures which it may from time to time establish. If the purchase price is paid with consideration other than cash, the Board or the Committee shall determine the fair value of such consideration to us in monetary terms. The exercise price of non-qualified options shall be determined by the board of directors or the committee, but shall not be less than the par value of our common stock on the date the option is granted. The per share purchase price of shares issuable upon exercise of a plan option may be adjusted in the event of certain changes in our capitalization, but no such adjustment shall change the total purchase price payable upon the exercise in full of options granted under the plan. 42
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Manner of Exercise Plan options are exercisable by delivery of written notice to us stating the number of shares with respect to which the option is being exercised, together with full payment of the purchase price therefor. Payment shall be in cash, checks, certified or bank cashier's checks, promissory notes secured by the shares issued through exercise of the related options, shares of common stock or in such other form or combination of forms which shall be acceptable to the board of directors or the committee, provided that any loan or guarantee by us of the purchase price may only be made upon resolution of the board of directors or committee that such loan or guarantee is reasonably expected to benefit us. Option Period All incentive stock options shall expire on or before the tenth anniversary of the date the option is granted except as limited above. However, in the case of incentive stock options granted to an eligible employee owning more than 10% of the common stock, these options will expire no later than five years after the date of the grant. Non-qualified options shall expire 10 years and one day from the date of grant unless otherwise provided under the terms of the option grant. Termination All plan options are nonassignable and nontransferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and during the lifetime of the optionee, may be exercised only by such optionee. If an optionee shall die while our employee or within three months after termination of employment by us because of disability, or retirement or otherwise, such options may be exercised, to the extent that the optionee shall have been entitled to do so on the date of death or termination of employment, by the person or persons to whom the optionee's right under the option pass by will or applicable law, or if no such person has such right, by his executors or administrators. In the event of termination of employment because of death while an employee or because of disability, the optionee's options may be exercised not later than the expiration date specified in the option or one year after the optionee's death, whichever date is earlier, or in the event of termination of employment because of retirement or otherwise, not later than the expiration date specified in the option or one year after the optionee's death, whichever date is earlier. If an optionee's employment by us terminates because of disability and such optionee has not died within the following three months, the options may be exercised, to the extent that the optionee shall have been entitled to do so at the date of the termination of employment, at any time, or from time to time, but not later than the expiration date specified in the option or one year after termination of employment, whichever date is earlier. If an optionee's employment shall terminate for any reason other than death or disability, optionee may exercise the options to the same extent that the options were exercisable on the date of termination, for up to three months following such termination, or on or before the expiration date of the options, whichever occurs first. In the event that the optionee was not entitled to exercise the options at the date of termination or if the optionee does not exercise such options (which were then exercisable) within the time specified herein, the options shall terminate. If an optionee's employment shall terminate for any reason other than death, disability or retirement, all right to exercise the option shall terminate not later than 90 days following the date of such termination of employment. 43
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If an optionee's employment with us is terminated for any reason whatsoever, and within three months after the date thereof optionee either (i) accepts employment with any competitor of, or otherwise engages in competition with us, or (ii) discloses to anyone outside our company or uses any confidential information or material of our company in violation of our policies or any agreement between the optionee and our company, the committee, in its sole discretion, may terminate any outstanding stock option and may require optionee to return to us the economic value of any award that was realized or obtained by optionee at any time during the period beginning on that date that is six months prior to the date optionee's employment with us is terminated. The committee may, if an optionee's employment with us is terminated for cause, annul any award granted under this plan to such employee and, in such event, the committee, in its sole discretion, may require optionee to return to us the economic value any award that was realized or obtained by optionee at any time during the period beginning on that date that is six months prior to the date optionee's employment with us is terminated. Modification and Termination of Plan The board of directors or committee may amend, suspend or terminate the plan at any time. However, no such action may prejudice the rights of any holder of a stock grant or optionee who has prior thereto been granted options under the plan. Further, no amendment to this plan which has the effect of (a) increasing the aggregate number of shares subject to this plan (except for adjustments due to changes in our capitalization), or (b) changing the definition of "Eligible Person" under the plan, may be effective unless and until approved by our stockholders in the same manner as approval of this plan is required. Any such termination of the plan shall not affect the validity of any stock grants or options previously granted thereunder. Unless the plan shall theretofore have been suspended or terminated by the board of directors, the plan will terminate on August 9, 2012. 45
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ITEM 11. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS At March 26, 2007 we had 61,568,172 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding. The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 26, 2007, 2007 by: o each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock; o each of our directors; o each of our executive officers; and o our executive officers, directors and director nominees as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of each person listed is in care of 17257 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, California 92260. The percentages in the table have been calculated on the basis of treating as outstanding for a particular person, all shares of our common stock outstanding on that date and all shares of our common stock issuable to that holder in the event of exercise of outstanding options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges owned by that person at that date which are exercisable within 60 days of that date. Except as otherwise indicated, the persons listed below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of our common stock owned by them, except to the extent that power may be shared with a spouse. AMOUNT AND NATURE OF NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP % OF CLASS ------------------------ -------------------- ---------- Cery B. Perle1,(1)(6) ................ 11,220,322 12.1% Edward L. Hagan (2) .................. 2,225,000 2.4% Richard Galterio (3) ................. 1,275,000 1.3% All officers and directors as a group (three persons)(1)(2)(3)(6) ......... 14,521,822 15.8% First Capital Holdings International, Inc. (4) ............................ 3,087,863 3.4% Brookstreet Securities Corporation.(5) 4,864,062 5.2% Langley Park Investment Trust, PLC (6) 3,150,000 3.4% * represents less than 1% (1) The number of shares beneficially owned by Mr. Perle includes: o a total of 4,698,000 shares of our common stock which are presently outstanding, o 664,500 shares held in trust for his minor children, o 1,500,000 shares of common stock held by Preston & Price, S.A., over which Mr. Perle can exercise voting rights, o options to purchase 904,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.02 per share, o options to purchase 49,822 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.001 per share; o options to purchase 2,600,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.45 per share; o options to purchase 250,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.34 per share; o options to purchase 500,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.41 per share, and o options to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.43 per share. o options to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.44 per share. The shares beneficially owned by Mr. Perle excludes options to purchase 1,583,335 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.45 per share which have not yet vested and securities owned by his fiancee, Jenelle Del Rio (Fontes), over which he disclaims any beneficial ownership. 46
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(2) The number of shares beneficially owned by Mr. Hagan includes: o 969,000 shares of our common stock which are presently outstanding, o 344,000 shares of our common stock held by his wife Stephanie, o 250,000 shares of our common stock held by his daughter, Makena Hagan, o 62,000 shares held by his son, Edward, and o options to purchase 600,000 shares of our common stock at $0.45 per share. (3) The number of shares beneficially owned by Mr. Galterio includes: o 500,000 shares of our common stock underlying options exercisable at $0.45 per share; o 100,000 shares underlying options exercisable at $0.45 per share; o 500,000 shares underlying options exercisable at $0.45 per share; and o 175,000 shares underlying warrants exercisable at $0.40 per share held by Skyebanc, Inc. Mr. Galterio is a 40% owner of Skyebanc, Inc. and holds joint voting and dispositive control over securities owned by Skyebanc, Inc. (4) The number of shares beneficially owned by First Capital Holdings International, Inc. includes 2,806,613 shares of our common stock which are presently outstanding and warrants to purchase 281,250 shares of our common stock exercisable at $1.49 per share. Mr. Andri Athanasiou is the control person of First Capital Holdings International, Inc. (5) Includes 516,290 shares which are presently outstanding and 1,484,056 shares of common stock underlying common stock purchase warrants with an exercise price of $0.40 per share and 2,863,716 shares of common stock underlying common stock purchase warrants with an exercise price of $0.45 per share. Brookstreet Securities Corporation, a broker-dealer and member of the NASD, acted as placement agent for us in two offerings of our securities. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis - Recent Capital Raising Transactions" which appears earlier in this annual report. It appears from a review of filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Brookstreet Securities Corporation has not made any filings with regards to its securities pursuant to Section 13 (d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. (6) Includes 150,000 shares which are presently outstanding and 3,000,000 shares of common stock underlying a common stock purchase warrant with an exercise price of $1.00 per share. Messrs. Alstair Rae and Harry Pearl have voting and dispositive control over securities held by Langley Park Investment Trust, PLC. SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS The following table sets forth securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans, including individual compensation arrangements, by us under our 2002 Stock Option and Stock Award Plan and any compensation plans not previously approved by our stockholders as of December 31, 2006. [Enlarge/Download Table] NUMBER OF SECURITIES NUMBER OF REMAINING SECURITIES TO AVAILABLE FOR BE ISSUED WEIGHTED FUTURE ISSUANCE UPON AVERAGE UNDER EQUITY EXERCISE OF EXERCISE PRICE COMPENSATION OUTSTANDING OF OUTSTANDING PLANS (EXCLUDING OPTIONS, OPTIONS, SECURITIES WARRANTS AND WARRANTS AND REFLECTED IN RIGHTS (A) RIGHTS (B) COLUMN (A)) (C) ------------- -------------- ---------------- Plan category 2002 Stock Option and Stock Award Plan 11,575,485 $0.40 13,989,964 Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders none n/a none A description of each of these plans is contained later in this report under Part II, Item 10. Executive Compensation - 2002 Stock Option and Stock Award Plan. 47
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ITEM 12. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE Mr. Richard Galterio, a member of our Board of Directors, is an officer and director of Skyebanc, Inc., a broker-dealer and member of the NASD. In 2006 Skyebanc, Inc. acted as a placement agent or a selling agent for us in two private offerings. As compensation for its services to us which resulted in gross proceeds to us of $349,500, we paid Skyebanc, Inc. a commission of $34,950 and issued it warrants to purchase 175,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.40 per share. On March 31, 2005 we sold $575,000 principal amount 12.5% convertible subordinated promissory debentures to two accredited investors and issued these investors four year common stock purchase warrants to purchase an aggregate of 536,667 shares of our common stock in a private transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance on an exemption provided by Section 4(2) of that act. The purchasers included Ms. Jenell Fontes, an employee of our company and the fiancee of Cery B. Perle our CEO and President. Mr. Perle disclaims beneficial ownership of the debenture and underlying securities owned by Ms. Fontes. Between June 2006 and September 2006 we made a principal repayment of an aggregate of $275,000 to Ms. Fontes on a 12.5% convertible subordinated promissory debenture held her thus retiring the obligation. DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE None of the members of our Board of Directors are "independent" within the meaning of Marketplace Rule 4200 of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ITEM 13. EXHIBITS 2.1 Acquisition Agreement and Plan of Merger(3) 2.2 Agreement and Plan of Merger(4) 3.1 Certificate of Incorporation(1) 3.2 By-Laws (1) 3.3 Certificate of Incorporation, as amended(2) 3.4 Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation(5) 3.5 Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (9) 3.6 Certificate of Ownership merging Spare Backup, Inc. into Newport International Group, Inc. (22) 4.1 Form of 8% promissory note (12) 4.2 Form of 10% secured note (9) 4.3 Form of Investor Warrant to Purchase Common Stock issued with 8% promissory note (12) 4.4 Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued with 10% secured note (12) 4.5 Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued to Robinson Reed Inc. and First Capital Holdings International, Inc.(12) 4.6 Form of $0.75 Investor Warrant (12) 4.7 $275,000 principal amount convertible promissory debenture dated March 31, 2005 issued to Jenelle Fontes (11). 4.8 $300,000 principal amount convertible promissory debenture dated March 31, 2005 issued to Curtis Lawler (11) 4.9 Common stock purchase warrant issued March 31, 2005 to purchase 256,667 shares of common stock issued to Jenelle Fontes (11) 4.10 Common stock purchase warrant issued March 31, 2005 to purchase 280,000 shares of common stock issued to Curtis Lawler (11) 4.11 Form of $1.30 common stock purchase warrant (14) 4.12 Form of common stock purchase warrant issued to Langley Park Investment Trust, PLC (19) 4.13 Form of $0.40 common stock purchase warrant (23) 4.14 Form of placement agent warrant issued to Brookstreet Securities Corporation(23) 4.15 Option to Purchase Common Stock issued to Wolfe Axlerod Weinberger (23) 4.16 Option to Purchase Common Stock issued to The Sterling Group *** 48
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10.1 2002 Stock Option and Stock Award Plan (16) 10.2 Lease for principal executive offices * 10.3 Stock Purchase Agreement with Langley Park Investment Trust PLC (10) 10.4 Escrow Agreement with Langley Park Investment Trust PLC(12) 10.5 Employment Agreement with Cery B. Perle (12) 10.6 Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of August 27, 2004 (10) 10.7 Registration Rights Agreement dated as of August 27, 2004 (10) 10.8 Amendment No. 1 to Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of November 2, 2004 (10) 10.9 Settlement Agreement and Release between Newport International Group, Inc., Robinson Reed, Inc., First Capital Holdings International, Inc., Continental Blue Limited and E-Holdings, Inc. (12) 10.10 Finder's Fee Agreement with E-Holdings, Inc. (12) 10.11 Supplier Agreement with CompUSA (13) 10.12 Form of Settlement Agreement between Newport International Group, Inc, Robinson Reed, Inc. and First Capital Holdings International, Inc. (15) 10.13 Amendment No. 1 to the 2002 Stock Option and Stock Award Plan (7) 10.14 Form of Repurchase Agreement with Langley Park Investment Trust PLC (19) 10.15 Form of Amendment to Escrow Agreement with Langley Park Investment Trust PLC (19) 10.16 Amendment No. 2 to the 2002 Stock Option and Stock Award Plan (20) 10.17 Customer Technical Support Services Agreement with Circuit City Stores, Inc. (21) 10.18 Standard Services Agreement and Statement of Work with Hewlett-Packard Company (24) 10.19 Form of Investors' Rights Agreement (23) 10.20 Data Storage Services Agreement between Spare Backup, Inc. and DSG Retail Limited *(25) 10.21 Finder's Agreement dated February 5, 2007 between Spare Backup, Inc. and Skyebanc, Inc. * 14.1 Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers (12) 21.1 Subsidiaries of the registrant (12) 23.1 Consent of Sherb & Co., LLP * 31.1 Section 302 Certificate of Chief Executive Officer * 31.2 Section 302 Certificate of principal financial and accounting officer * 32.1 Section 906 Certificate of Chief Executive Officer * * filed herewith (1) Incorporated by reference to the Form 10-SB as filed with the SEC on May 10, 2000. (2) Incorporated by reference to the Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on February 5, 2001. (3) Incorporated by reference to the Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 6, 2000. (4) Incorporated by reference to the Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 13, 2004. (5) Incorporated by reference to the definitive Information Statement on Schedule 14C as filed with the SEC on November 14, 2003. (6) Incorporated by reference to the Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on June 3, 2003. (7) Incorporated by reference to the registration statement on Form S-8 as filed with the SEC on August 8, 2004. (8) Incorporated by reference to the Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on December 16, 2004. (9) Incorporated by reference to the quarterly report on Form 10-QSB for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004. (10) Incorporated by reference to the quarterly report on Form 10-QSB for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004. (11) Incorporated by reference to the Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on May 5, 2005. (12) Incorporated by reference to the registration statement on Form SB-2, as amended, file number 333-123096, as declared effective on May 19, 2005. 49
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(13) Incorporated by reference to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005. Portions of this agreement have been omitted and separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with a request for confidential treatment. (14) Incorporated by reference to the registration statement on Form SB-2, SEC file number 333-128980, as amended, as declared effective by the SEC on November 14, 2005. (15) Incorporated by reference to the Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on December 15, 2005. (16) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, SEC File No. 333-98229, as filed on August 16, 2002. (17) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form SB-2, SEC File No. 333-128980, as amended. (18) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form SB-2, SEC File No. 333-123096, as amended. (19) Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on May 31, 2006. (20) Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on June 6, 2006. (21) Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on August 18, 2006. Portions of this agreement have been omitted and marked with a [_] and separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with a request for confidential treatment. (22) Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on August 16, 2006. (23) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form SB-2, SEC File No. 333-139138, as amended. (24) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form SB-2, SEC File No. 333-139138, as amended. Portions of this agreement have been omitted and marked with a [_] and separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with a request for confidential treatment. (25) Portions of this agreement have been omitted and marked with a [_] and separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with a request for confidential treatment. 50
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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES Sherb & Co., LLP served as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005. The following table shows the fees that were billed for the audit and other services provided by this firm for fiscal 2006 and 2005. FISCAL 2006 FISCAL 2005 ----------- ----------- Audit Fees .................... $42,000 $57,870 Audit-Related Fees ............ 0 0 Tax Fees ...................... 0 0 All Other Fees ................ 0 0 ------- ------- Total $42,000 $57,870 Audit Fees -- This category includes the audit of our annual financial statements, review of financial statements included in our Form 10-QSB Quarterly Reports and services that are normally provided by the independent auditors in connection with engagements for those fiscal years. This category also includes advice on audit and accounting matters that arose during, or as a result of, the audit or the review of interim financial statements. Audit-Related Fees -- This category consists of assurance and related services by the independent auditors that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported above under "Audit Fees." The services for the fees disclosed under this category include consultation regarding our correspondence with the SEC and other accounting consulting. Tax Fees -- This category consists of professional services rendered by our independent auditors for tax compliance and tax advice. The services for the fees disclosed under this category include tax return preparation and technical tax advice. All Other Fees -- This category consists of fees for other miscellaneous items. Our Board of Directors has adopted a procedure for pre-approval of all fees charged by the our independent auditors. Under the procedure, the Board approves the engagement letter with respect to audit, tax and review services. Other fees are subject to pre-approval by the Board, or, in the period between meetings, by a designated member of Board. Any such approval by the designated member is disclosed to the entire Board at the next meeting. The audit and tax fees paid to the auditors with respect to fiscal year 2006 were pre-approved by the entire Board of Directors. 51
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SIGNATURES In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. Spare Backup, Inc. April 2, 2007 By: /s/ Cery B. Perle ----------------- Cery B. Perle, CEO and President, principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer In accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE /s/ Cery B. Perle President, Chief Executive Officer, April 2, 2007 ----------------- principal executive officer and Cery B. Perle principal financial and accounting officer /s/ Edward L. Hagan Secretary and director April 2, 2007 ------------------- Edward L. Hagan /s/ Richard Galterio Director April 2, 2007 -------------------- Richard Galterio 52
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Board of Directors Spare Backup, Inc. We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Spare Backup, Inc. and its Subsidiary as of December 31, 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' deficit and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining on a test basis, evidence supporting the amount and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Spare Backup, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company had net losses, cash used in operations and working capital deficit of $14,478,439, $6,719,706 and $11,852,100 respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2006. This raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regards to these matters are also described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. /s/Sherb & Co., LLP Certified Public Accountants Boca Raton, Florida March 30, 2007 F-1
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET December 31, 2006 ASSETS Current Assets: Cash ........................................................ $ 146,318 Restricted cash ............................................. 872,820 ------------ Total current assets ...................................... 1,019,138 Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $161,895 ................................................ 488,818 Other assets ................................................ 75,380 ------------ Total assets ............................................. $ 1,583,336 ============ LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT Current Liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued expenses ....................... $ 853,176 8% Convertible promissory notes ............................. 293,509 12.5% Convertible promissory notes, net of debt discount of $79,799 ................................................. 295,201 Accrued interest on convertible promissory notes ............ 22,097 Derivative liabilities ...................................... 11,392,255 Due to stockholder .......................................... 15,000 ------------ Total current liabilities ................................ 12,871,238 Other liabilities ........................................... 6,426 ------------ Total liabilities ........................................ 12,877,664 Stockholders' Deficit: Preferred stock; $.0001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding .................... - Common stock; $.001 par value, 150,000,000 shares authorized, 55,843,863 issued and outstanding .............. 55,845 Additional paid-in capital .................................. 36,402,986 Subscription receivable ..................................... (100,000) Accumulated deficit ......................................... (47,559,789) Deferred compensation ....................................... (93,370) ------------ Total stockholders' deficit .............................. (11,294,328) ------------ Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit .............. $ 1,583,336 ============ See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. F-2
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 ------------ ------------ Revenues ....................................... $ 73,046 $ 23,920 Operating expenses: Research and development ..................... 850,982 782,150 Sales, general and administrative ............ 11,155,486 5,206,366 ------------ ------------ Total operating expenses .................. 12,006,468 5,988,516 ------------ ------------ Operating loss ............................ (11,933,422) (5,964,596) ------------ ------------ Other income-derivative liabilities ............ 762,713 11,689,725 Other expenses-settlement with stockholders .... - (730,000) Other expenses-derivative liabilities .......... (582,786) - Transfer- unrealized gain- investment held for sale to trading security ...................... 112,509 - Unrealized loss-transfer of available-for-sale securities to trading securities .............. - (4,999,263) Unrealized loss-trading securities ............. - (270,384) Realized loss- trading securities .............. (111,624) (5,777,843) Interest expense ............................... (2,725,829) (1,779,442) ------------ ------------ Total other expenses, net .................... (2,545,017) (1,867,207) ------------ ------------ Net loss ....................................... $(14,478,439) $ (7,831,803) ============ ============ Transfer of previous unrealized loss on restricted investment ......................... - 4,999,263 Transfer of available-for-sale securities to trading securities ............................ - 4,999,263 Unrealized gain (loss)- restricted investments . - 112,509 Transfer- unrealized gain- investment held for sale to trading security ...................... (112,509) - ------------ ------------ Comprehensive income (loss) .................... $(14,590,948) $ 2,279,232 ============ ============ Basic net loss per common share ................ $ (0.31) $ (0.26) ============ ============ Diluted net loss per share ..................... $ (0.32) $ (0.64) ============ ============ Basic weighted average common shares outstanding ............................. 46,168,841 30,311,261 ============ ============ Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding ............................. 46,168,841 30,311,261 ============ ============ See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. F-3
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[Enlarge/Download Table] CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1, 2005 TO DECEMBER 31, 2006 Common Stock Additional ---------------------------- Paid-in Subscription Shares Amount Capital Receivable ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Balance at January 1, 2005 ........... 26,400,061 $ 26,400 $ 21,351,026 $ - Issuance of common stock pursuant to exercise of stock options ........... 652,643 653 18,107 - Issuance of common stock for cash, net of financing costs .............. 2,779,543 2,780 1,312,859 - Issuance of common stock in connection with settlement with stockholders ... 1,000,000 1,000 589,667 - Issuance of common stock to pay interest on convertible promissory notes ............................... 237,582 237 158,808 - Issuance of common stock to partially repay convertible promissory notes .. 75,610 75 48,675 - Issuance of common stock to consultants for services rendered ... 3,915,500 3,916 2,513,399 - Issuance of common stock for failure to timely file registration statement 92,903 93 132,758 - Issuance of common stock pursuant to conversion of convertible promissory notes ............................... 2,508,644 2,509 938,232 - Issuance of common stock to partially satisfy accounts payable ............ 259,489 259 306,375 - Issuance of common stock pursuant to the exercise of warrants ............ 760,751 761 279,833 - Fair value of options issued to employees ........................... - - 456,631 - Amortization of deferred compensation - - - - Transfer of unrealized loss on restricted investment ............... - - - - Transfer of available-for-sale securities .......................... - - - - Unrealized gain on investment in marketable securities ............... - - - - Net loss ............................. - - - - ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ 38,682,726 38,683 28,106,370 - ============ ============ ============ ============ Issuance of common stock pursuant to exercise of stock options ........... 300,241 300 79,900 - Issuance of common stock for cash, net of financing costs .................. 15,624,891 15,625 3,444,652 (100,000) Issuance of common stock to pay interest on convertible promissory notes ............................... 180,919 181 116,002 - Issuance of common stock to consultants for services rendered ... 1,325,000 1,325 332,175 - Issuance of common stock pursuant to conversion of convertible promissory notes ............................... 5,862,438 5,863 2,017,738 - Cancellation of shares issued for services ............................ (250,000) (250) (64,750) - Repurchase of shares ................. (5,882,352) (5,882) (1,661,641) - Reclassification of liability contract to equity ........................... - - 1,782,210 - Fair value of options issued to employees ........................... - - 2,250,330 - Amortization of deferred compensation - - - - Transfer of unrealized gain on restricted investment ............... - - - - Net loss ............................. - - - - ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ 55,843,863 $ 55,845 $ 36,402,986 $ (100,000) ============ ============ ============ ============ (continued) See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. F-4A
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[Enlarge/Download Table] CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1, 2005 TO DECEMBER 31, 2006 (continued) Accumulated Other Accumulated Comprehensive Deferred Deficit Loss Compensation Total ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Balance at January 1, 2005 ........... $(25,249,547) $ (9,998,526) $ - $(13,870,647) Issuance of common stock pursuant to exercise of stock options ........... - - - 18,760 Issuance of common stock for cash, net of financing costs .............. - - - 1,315,639 Issuance of common stock in connection with settlement with stockholders ... - - - 590,667 Issuance of common stock to pay interest on convertible promissory notes ............................... - - - 159,045 Issuance of common stock to partially repay convertible promissory notes .. - - - 48,750 Issuance of common stock to consultants for services rendered ... - - (2,503,875) 13,440 Issuance of common stock for failure to timely file registration statement - - - 132,851 Issuance of common stock pursuant to conversion of convertible promissory notes ............................... - - - 940,741 Issuance of common stock to partially satisfy accounts payable ............ - - - 306,634 Issuance of common stock pursuant to the exercise of warrants ............ - - - 280,594 Fair value of options issued to employees ........................... - - - 456,631 Amortization of deferred compensation - - 823,404 823,404 Transfer of unrealized loss on restricted investment ............... - 4,999,263 - 4,999,263 Transfer of available-for-sale securities .......................... - 4,999,263 - 4,999,263 Unrealized gain on investment in marketable securities ............... - 112,509 - 112,509 Net loss ............................. (7,831,803) - - (7,831,803) ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ (33,081,350) 112,509 (1,680,471) (6,504,259) ============ ============ ============ ============ Issuance of common stock pursuant to exercise of stock options ........... - - - 80,200 Issuance of common stock for cash, net of financing costs .................. - - - 3,360,277 Issuance of common stock to pay interest on convertible promissory notes ............................... - - - 116,183 Issuance of common stock to consultants for services rendered ... - - (333,500) - Issuance of common stock pursuant to conversion of convertible promissory notes ............................... - - - 2,023,601 Cancellation of shares issued for services ............................ - - 65,000 - Repurchase of shares ................. - - - (1,667,523) Reclassification of liability contract to equity ........................... - - - 1,782,210 Fair value of options issued to employees ........................... - - - 2,250,330 Amortization of deferred compensation - - 1,855,601 1,855,601 Transfer of unrealized gain on restricted investment ............... - (112,509) - (112,509) Net loss ............................. (14,478,439) - - (14,478,439) ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ $(47,559,789) $ - $ (93,370) $(11,294,328) ============ ============ ============ ============ See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. F-4B
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[Enlarge/Download Table] SPARE BACKUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 ------------ ------------ Cash flows from operating activities: Net loss ........................................................................ $(14,478,439) $ (7,831,803) Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: Unrealized loss-transfer of available-for-sale securities to trading securities - 4,999,263 Realized loss on trading securities ........................................... 111,624 5,777,843 Transfer- unrealized gain- investment held for sale to trading security ....... (112,509) - Unrealized loss-trading securities ............................................ - 270,384 Fair value of derivatives at issuance related to consulting services .......... 1,537,550 283,050 Fair value of derivatives at issuance of financing instruments ................ 582,837 557,620 Decrease in fair value of derivative liabilities .............................. (762,713) (12,525,595) Fair value of options issued to employees ..................................... 2,250,330 456,631 Amortization of debt discount ................................................. 1,899,246 1,339,387 Amortization of deferred compensation ......................................... 1,855,601 823,404 Fair value of shares of common stock issued in payment of interest on convertible promissory note .................................. 115,982 159,045 Fair value of shares issued in connection with the failure to timely file the registration statement ................................... - 132,851 Excess of fair value of shares issued in satisfaction of accounts payable ..... - 181,634 Fair value of shares issued in connection with services rendered .............. - 13,440 Fair value of shares issued in connection with settlement with stockholders ... - 730,000 Depreciation .................................................................. 75,972 90,838 Amortization of deferred financing costs ...................................... 671,976 112,316 Changes in operating assets and liabilities Restricted cash ............................................................... (812,820) (60,000) Accounts receivable ........................................................... - (233,037) Provision for returns ......................................................... - 233,037 Other assets .................................................................. (50,000) 33,318 Security deposits ............................................................. 2,603 - Accounts payable and accrued expenses ......................................... 397,424 284,319 Deferred revenues ............................................................. (12,684) 12,684 Accrued interest on note receivable ........................................... - 1,200 Accrued interest on convertible promissory notes .............................. 8,314 (100) ------------ ------------ Net cash used in operating activities ........................................... (6,719,706) (4,158,271) ------------ ------------ Cash flows from investing activities: Proceeds from disposition of marketable securities ............................ - 68,925 Proceeds from disposition of trading securities ............................... - 642,117 Proceeds from note receivable ................................................. - 85,000 Purchases of property and equipment ........................................... (201,165) (310,770) ------------ ------------ Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities ............................. (201,165) 485,272 ------------ ------------ Cash flows from financing activities: Principal repayments on lease obligations ..................................... (6,932) (10,566) Principal repayments on convertible promissory note ........................... (275,000) - Repurchase of shares of common stock .......................................... (633,602) - Proceeds from issuance of convertible promissory notes ........................ - 650,000 Proceeds from issuance of bridge notes ........................................ 1,500,000 - Proceeds from issuance of shares .............................................. 6,924,224 1,528,750 Proceeds from exercise of warrants ............................................ - 280,594 Proceeds from exercise of stock options ....................................... 122 18,761 Payments of convertible promissory notes ...................................... - (265,000) Payments of deferred financing costs .......................................... (190,000) - Payments of financing costs ................................................... (417,561) (35,375) ------------ ------------ Net cash provided by financing activities ....................................... 6,901,251 2,167,164 ------------ ------------ Decrease in cash ................................................................ (19,620) (1,505,835) Cash, beginning of year ......................................................... 165,938 1,671,773 ------------ ------------ Cash, end of year ............................................................... $ 146,318 $ 165,938 ============ ============ (continued) See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. F-5A
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[Enlarge/Download Table] SPARE BACKUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS For the year ended December 31, (continued) 2006 2005 ------------ ------------ Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: Cash paid during the year for interest ........................................ $ 8,664 $ 3,909 ============ ============ Cash paid during the year for taxes ........................................... $ - $ - ============ ============ Supplemental schedule of non-cash financing and investing activities: Fair value of warrants and embedded conversion features issued in connection with the issuance of convertible promissory notes and corresponding debt discount .................................................... $ 1,500,000 $ 650,000 ============ ============ Fair value of warrants issued in connection with the repurchase of shares of common stock ......................................................... $ 900,000 $ - ============ ============ Fair value of investment released in connection with the repurchase of shares of common stock ......................................................... $ 134,806 $ - ============ ============ Fair value of warrants and embedded conversion features issued in connection with the issuance of common stock and corresponding increase in derivative liabilities ............................................. $ 3,149,081 $ 177,736 ============ ============ Reclassification of liability contracts to equity ............................... $ 1,782,210 $ - ============ ============ Exercise of stock options and corresponding satisfaction of accounts payable .... $ 80,063 $ - ============ ============ Conversion of convertible promissory notes in shares of common stock ............ $ 503,020 $ 827,307 ============ ============ Fair value of shares of common stock issued to consultants for services ......... $ 333,500 $ 1,586,250 ============ ============ See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. F-5B
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION, BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND GOING CONCERN Spare Backup, Inc., formerly known as Newport International Group, Inc., (the "Company") was incorporated in Delaware in December 1999. During February 2004, the Company acquired GrassRoots Communications, Inc. ("GrassRoots"). The Company, through one of its subsidiaries, Spare Backup, Inc., sells on-line backup solutions software and services to individuals, business professionals, small office and home office companies, and small to medium sized businesses. The Company has substantially discontinued its marketing and development efforts under GrassRoots. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Company has generated minimal revenue since its inception on June 12, 2002 and has used net cash in its operating activities of approximately $6.7 million during 2006. The Company's ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to obtain the necessary financing to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due, to fund possible future acquisitions, and to generate profitable operations in the future. Management plans to continue to provide for its capital requirements by issuing additional equity securities and debt. The outcome of these matters cannot be predicted at this time and there are no assurances that if achieved, the Company will have sufficient funds to execute its business plan or generate positive operating results. These matters, among others, raise substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. These financial statements do not include any adjustments to the amounts and classification of assets and liabilities that may be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES USE OF ESTIMATES The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates made by management include, but are not limited to, the valuation of derivative liabilities and share-based payments. Actual results will differ from these estimates. RECLASSIFICATION The Company has reclassified certain captions of its 2005 statement of operations as well as its cash flows to conform them to its 2006 financial presentation. EARNINGS PER SHARE Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing income available to stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per share are computed using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common share equivalents outstanding during the period. Dilutive common share equivalents consist of shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options and warrants (calculated using the reverse treasury stock method). The outstanding options, warrants and shares equivalent issuable pursuant to embedded conversion features amounted to 39,763,265 and 20,100,095 at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The outstanding options, warrants and share equivalents issuable pursuant to embedded conversion features and warrants at December 31, 2006 and 2005 are excluded from the loss per share computation for that period due to their anti-dilutive effect. F-6
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) The following sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31,: 2006 2005 ---- ---- Numerator: Net (loss) income ................................ $(14,478,439) $ (7,831,803) Adjustments: Other income, net-derivative liabilities ......... (179,927) (11,689,725) ------------ ------------ Adjusted net loss for diluted earnings per share . $(14,658,366) ($19,521,528) ============ ============ Denominator: Denominator for basic earnings per share-weighted average shares outstanding ...................... 46,168,841 30,311,261 Effect of dilutive warrants, embedded conversion features and liquidated damages .................. - - Denominator for diluted earnings per share- weighted average shares outstanding ............. 46,168,841 30,311,261 ============ ============ Basic earnings (loss) per share .................. $ (0.31) $ (0.26) ============ ============ Diluted earnings (loss) per share ................ $ (0.32) $ (0.64) ============ ============ RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalent accounts in financial institutions. Accounts at these institutions are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") up to $100,000. During 2006, the Company has reached bank balances exceeding the FDIC insurance limit. To reduce its risk associated with the failure of such financial institutions, the Company evaluates at least annually the rating of the financial institutions in which it holds deposits. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS The carrying amounts of the Company's cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable and accrued expenses and due to stockholder approximate their estimated fair values due to the short-term maturities of those financial instruments. The carrying amount of the derivative liability is based on its fair value. The carrying amount of the convertible notes and bridge notes approximates the estimated fair value for these financial instruments as management believes that such convertible notes constitute substantially all of the Company's debt and the interest payable on the convertible notes approximates the Company's incremental borrowing rate. F-7
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) INVESTMENT IN EQUITY SECURITIES AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS During 2004, the Company received shares of a United Kingdom Corporation (the "Investee") pursuant to a stock-exchange agreement whereby the Company issued 5,882,352 of its shares of common stock in exchange for the Investee's stock. At the time of issuance, the Company recorded the cost of the investment at the market value of the shares exchanged of approximately $11.8 million. The Company held 3,242,420 shares of the Investee in an escrow account which could not be released without the Investee's permission until August 2006. Until these shares were released from escrow, the Company accounted for the value attributable to such shares as restricted investment in marketable securities. The Company adjusted the carrying value of the restricted investment to $133,921 at June 30, 2005 to reflect an other-than temporary impairment amounting to approximately $5.8 million and has been recognized as realized loss in earnings. During May 2006, the Company assigned its remaining interest in the shares to the Investee, which were valued at approximately $135,000 at the date of assignment and no longer holds the shares of the Investee. The increase in the market value from January 1, 2006 to the date of assignment which amounted to approximately $112,000, has been recorded as a realized gain on trading securities. During July 2005, the Company sold 3,242,420 shares of the Investee used as collateral for the Company's possible obligation to repurchase 2,500,000 shares it has issued in a private placement during November 2004 ("Put Option"), generating proceeds of approximately $640,000. The decrease in the carrying and the fair value of this investment of approximately $5.3 million as of June 30, 2005 has been recorded as unrealized loss in the statement of operations of approximately $5.0 million and as an unrealized loss of approximately $270,000. F-8
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS Costs incurred in the research and development of software products are expensed as incurred until technological feasibility has been established. After technological feasibility is established, any additional costs are capitalized in accordance with SFAS No. 86, ACCOUNTING FOR THE COSTS OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE TO BE SOLD, LEASED OR OTHERWISE MARKETED. The Company believes that the current process for developing software is essentially completed concurrently with the establishment of technological feasibility; accordingly, no software development costs have been capitalized as of December 31, 2006. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT Property and equipment, which primarily consists of office equipment and computer software, are recorded at cost and are depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of three to five years. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Significant renewals and betterments are capitalized. At the retirement or other disposition of property and equipment, the cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is reflected in other income (expense) in the accompanying statements of operations. DEFERRED FINANCING COSTS Deferred financing costs represent costs incurred in connection with the issuance of the convertible promissory notes. Deferred financing costs were amortized over the terms of the related debt agreements, which range between one to two years, or earlier, if the debt is satisfied prior to maturity. SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123(R), "Share-Based Payment," which replaces SFAS No. 123 and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25. Under SFAS No. 123(R), companies are required to measure the compensation costs of share-based compensation arrangements based on the grant-date fair value and recognize the costs in the financial statements over the period during which employees are required to provide services. Share-based compensation arrangements include stock options, restricted share plans, performance-based awards, share appreciation rights and employee share purchase plans. In March 2005, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, or "SAB 107". SAB 107 expresses views of the staff regarding the interaction between SFAS No. 123(R) and certain SEC rules and regulations and provides the staff's views regarding the valuation of share-based payment arrangements for public companies. SFAS No. 123(R) permits public companies to adopt its requirements using one of two methods. On April 14, 2005, the SEC adopted a new rule amending the compliance dates for SFAS 123(R). Companies may elect to apply this statement either prospectively, or on a modified version of retrospective application under which financial statements for prior periods are adjusted on a basis consistent with the pro forma disclosures required for those periods under SFAS 123. Effective January 1, 2006, the Company has fully adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R) and related interpretations as provided by SAB 107. As such, compensation cost is measured on the date of grant as the fair value of the share-based payments. Such compensation amounts, if any, are amortized over the respective vesting periods of the option grant. The Company applies this statement prospectively. F-9
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) The following pro forma information is to reflect the change from applying the provisions of FAS 123 and APB 25: December 31, 2006 2005 ---- ---- Net (loss) income ................................ $(14,478,439) ($ 7,831,803) Adjustments: Other (income)- derivative liabilities ........... (179,927) (11,689,725) ------------ ------------ Adjusted net loss for diluted earnings per share . $(14,658,366) $(19,521,528) Add: Stock-based compensation expense included in reported net (loss) income, net of related tax effects: .................................... - 456,631 Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects excluded from net (loss) income ................. - (1,902,127) ------------ ------------ Net (loss) income pro forma ...................... $(14,658,366) $(20,967,024) ============ ============ Proforma earnings per share: Basic ............................................ $ (0.31) $ (0.69) ============ ============ Diluted .......................................... $ (0.32) $ (0.69) ============ ============ The fair value of the options granted during 2005 was determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions: risk-free interest of 3.32-4.39%; stock volatility of 36-86%; no dividends; and estimated life of 36 months. DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES The Company accounted for its liquidated damages during 2006 and 2005 pursuant to Emerging Issue Task Force ("EITF ")05-04, View C, "The Effect of a Liquidated Damages Clause on a Freestanding Financial Instrument Subject to EITF Issue No. 00-19, "Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company's Own Stock". In December 2006, FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. EITF 00-19-2 "Accounting for Registration Payment Arrangements" ("FSP 00-19-2"), which superseded EITF 05-04. FSP 00-19-2 provides that the contingent obligation to make future payments or otherwise transfer consideration under a registration payment arrangement, should be separately recognized and measured in accordance with FASB Statement No.5, "Accounting for Contingencies". The registration statement payment arrangement should be recognized and measured as a separate unit of account from the financial instrument(s) subject to that arrangement. If the transfer of consideration under a registration payment arrangement is probable and can be reasonably estimated at inception, such contingent liability is included in the allocation of proceeds from the related financing instrument. Pursuant to EITF 05-04, View C, the liquidated damages paid in cash or stock are accounted for as a separate derivative, which requires a periodical valuation of its fair value and a corresponding recognition of liabilities associated with such derivative. FSP00-19-2 did not have an impact on the Company's accounting of the liquidated damages. F-10
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) The Company accounts for its embedded conversion features and freestanding warrants pursuant to SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities", which requires a periodic valuation of their fair value and a corresponding recognition of liabilities associated with such derivatives. The recognition of derivative liabilities related to the issuance of shares of common stock is applied first to the proceeds of such issuance, at the date of issuance, and the excess of derivative liabilities over the proceeds is recognized as other expense in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The recognition of derivative liabilities related to the issuance of convertible debt and associated warrants or other derivatives is applied first to the proceeds of such issuance as a debt discount, at the date of issuance, and the excess of derivative liabilities over the proceeds is recognized as other expense in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Any subsequent increase or decrease in the fair value of the derivative liabilities is recognized as other expense or other income, respectively. REVENUE RECOGNITION, ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, AND PROVISION FOR RETURNS Revenue is recognized when it is earned. The Company's revenue recognition policies are in compliance with SOP 97-2 Software Revenue Recognition (as amended by SOP 98-4 and SOP 98-9) and related interpretations. The Company markets its software through multiple channel resellers and retail stores. The Company provides for unlimited rights of return to its customers. The Company has only recently licensed its products through such multiple channels and does not have a historical pattern of returns. Additionally, such customers generally pay software vendors based on their own sell-thru and return the unsold products to the software vendor. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS In July 2005, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position ("FSP") 150-5, "Accounting Under SFAS 150 for Freestanding Warrants and Other Similar Instruments on Redeemable Shares". FSP 150-5 clarifies that warrants on shares that are redeemable or puttable immediately upon exercise and warrants on shares that are redeemable or puttable in the future qualify as liabilities under SFAS 150, regardless of the redemption feature or redemption price. The FSP is effective for the first reporting period beginning after September 30, 2005, with resulting changes to prior period statements reported as the cumulative effect of an accounting change in accordance with the transition provisions of SFAS 150. We adopted the provisions of FSP 150-5 on July 1, 2005, which did not have a material effect on our financial statements. F-11
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) In July 2005, the FASB issued EITF 05-6, "Determining the Amortization period for Leasehold Improvements Purchased After Lease Inception or Acquired in a Business Combination", which addressed the amortization period for leasehold improvements made on operating leases acquired significantly after the beginning of the lease. The EITF is effective for leasehold improvements made in periods beginning after September 29, 2005. We adopted the provisions of EITF 05-6 on July 1, 2005, which did not have a material impact to the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows. In September 2006, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 157. This Statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This Statement applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements, the Board having previously concluded in those accounting pronouncements that fair value is a relevant measurement attribute. Accordingly, this Statement does not require any new fair value measurements. However, for some entities, the application of this Statement will change current practices. This Statement is effective for financial statements for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. Earlier application is permitted provided that the reporting entity has not yet issued financial statements for that fiscal year. Management believes this Statement will have no impact on the financial statements of the Company once adopted. NOTE 3 - RESTRICTED CASH The Company's restricted cash consists primarily of approximately $873,000 at December 31, 2006, and is held in escrow to fund the sales and marketing expenses incurred by the Company with a US retailer. F-12
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 4 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT Property and equipment and related accumulated depreciation at December 31, 2006 consist of the following: Computer equipment ............ $ 650,713 Accumulated depreciation ...... (161,895) --------- Property and equipment, net ... $ 488,818 ========= Depreciation expense amounted to approximately $76,000 and $91,000 during 2006 and 2005, respectively. NOTE 5 - CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES Convertible promissory notes consist of the following as of December 31, 2006: 8% Convertible promissory notes, bearing interest at 8% per annum, matured on March 1, 2006. Interest payable June 30, 2004 and every quarter thereafter either in cash or common stock. Interest paid in common stock is convertible using the 10-day average closing bid of the stock prior to the end of the quarter. Each occurrence of interest not paid within 30 days following the end of each quarter causes a reduction of 10% in the conversion price of the promissory notes and the exercise price of the related warrants. The promissory notes are convertible at any time at the option of the holder, into shares of common stock at a rate of $0.375. .......... $ 293,509 Less: unamortized discount (-) ---------- Convertible promissory notes-short-term $ 293,509 ========== 12.5% Convertible promissory notes, bearing interest at 12.5% per annum, maturing between March and June 2007. Interest payable June 30, 2005 and every quarter thereafter either in cash or common stock. Interest paid in common stock is convertible using the 5-day average closing price of the stock prior to the end of the quarter. Each occurrence of interest not paid within 30 days following the end of each quarter causes a reduction of 10% in the conversion price of the promissory notes and the exercise price of the related warrants. The promissory notes are convertible into shares of common stock at a rate of $0.32. .................................. $ 375,000 Less: unamortized discount ........................................ (79,799) ---------- Convertible promissory notes-short term ........................... $ 295,201 ========== F-13
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 5 - CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES (CONTINUED) 8% Bridge promissory notes, bearing interest at 8% per annum, maturing between November and December 2007. Interest payable at maturity. Principal and interest immediately converts upon the closing of subsequent financing of at least $1,000,000. The promissory notes are convertible into shares of common stock at a rate of $0.35. .................................................... $ - Less: unamortized discount ........................................ (-) ----------- Convertible promissory notes-short term ........................... $ - =========== The convertible rates for the 8% and 12.5% Convertible promissory notes interest accrued as of December 31, 2006 amounted to $0.44 per share. The Company issued 180,919 and 237,582 shares in connection with the payment of interest on the Convertible promissory notes during 2006 and 2005, respectively. The fair value of such shares issued during 2006 and 2005 amounted to approximately $116,000 and $159,000, respectively. Furthermore, the Company issued 51,250 shares in January 2007 in connection with the payment of accrued interest of approximately $23,000 as of December 31, 2006. Certain note holders of 8% convertible promissory notes and the 8% Bridge promissory notes converted their promissory notes and accrued interest amounting to approximately $2.0 million in 5,862,438 shares of common stock, respectively, during 2006 and $941,000 in 2,508,644 shares of common stock, respectively, during 2005. During 2006 and 2005, the Company received $1,500,000 and $650,000 in consideration for the issuance of the bridge promissory notes and convertible promissory notes, respectively. During 2006, the Company made principal repayments of approximately $275,000 on a 12.5% Convertible promissory note held by the fiancee of the Company's Chief Executive officer. In the event the Company issues any shares of its common stock or issues any options, warrants, convertible preferred stock or convertible debt issuable or convertible into common stock of the Company at an exercise price or conversion price per share less than $0.75 per share within two years following the closing of the 12.5% Convertible Promissory Notes, then the exercise price of the warrants issued pursuant to the Follow-on Financing will reset to such lower price. As of December 31, 2006, the exercise price of such warrants are $0.32. The Company has the right to call all of the 8% Convertible promissory notes and 12.5% convertible promissory notes warrants, if the stock underlying the warrants has been registered (and that registration statement is still effective), the lock-up restriction, as defined, on the common stock has been lifted, and after the lock-up restriction has been lifted the stock maintains a closing bid price above $3.00 for 15 business days. The Company may redeem the warrants for $0.01 if not exercised within 30 days of the call notification. The Company has the right to call all of the 8% Bridge promissory notes and related warrants, if the stock underlying the warrants has been registered (and that registration statement is still effective), the lock-up restriction, as defined in the agreement, on the common stock has been lifted, and after the lock-up restriction has been lifted the stock maintains a closing bid price above $0.75 for 15 business days. The Company may redeem the warrants for $0.01 if not exercised within 30 days of the call notification. F-14
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 5 - CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES (CONTINUED) The Company recognized a debt discount of $1,500,000 and $650,000 in connection with the issuance of the convertible promissory notes during 2006 and 2005, respectively. The Company paid financing fees of $190,000 to the placement agent in connection with the issuance of the Bridge promissory notes. Additionally, the Company issued 1,071,429 warrants to the placement agent. The fair value of the warrants, which amounted to approximately $439,000 together with the financing fees have been recorded as deferred financing costs during 2006. The 8% Convertible promissory notes are currently due. Management is in discussion with the holders of such notes to satisfy these obligations with either cash or stock consideration or a combination of both. Amortization of the debt discount amounted to approximately $1.9 million and $1.3 million during 2006 and 2005, respectively, and is included in interest expense. Amortization of the deferred financing costs amounted to approximately $672,000 and $112,000 during, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and is included in interest expense. Accrued interest on the convertible promissory notes amounted to approximately $22,000 as of December 31, 2006. NOTE 6 - DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES During March 2004, the Company closed its 8% Convertible Promissory Notes private placement. In connection with the issuance of the 8% Convertible Promissory Notes, the Company granted a subsequent financing conversion reset right which expired on March 1, 2006. Subsequently, the Company issued similar rights to the holders of its 12.5% Convertible promissory notes. The subsequent financing conversion reset is considered an embedded conversion feature pursuant to EITF Issue No. 00-19. Additionally, because there is no explicit number of shares that are to be delivered upon satisfaction of subsequent financing conversion reset feature, the Company is unable to assert that it had sufficient authorized and unissued shares to settle such feature. Accordingly, all of the Company's previously issued and outstanding instruments, such as warrants and options issued to non-employees pursuant to rendered services as well as those issued in the future, would be classified as liabilities, effective with the granting of the subsequent financing conversion reset feature. The Company recognized liabilities for the following derivatives at the date of their issuance during 2006 and 2005, respectively: F-15
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 6 - DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES (CONTINUED) At issuance 2006 At issuance 2005 ---------------- ---------------- Embedded conversion features 12.5% convertible notes ............ $ - $ 934,000 8% bridge notes .................... 1,500,000 - Freestanding warrants and options 12.5% convertible notes ............ - 273,620 8% bridge notes .................... 582,786 - Other warrants and options ......... 6,025,938 531,836 Liquidated damages ................. - 139,333 ---------- ---------- $8,108,724 $1,878,789 ========== ========== The fair value of the derivative liabilities at December 31, 2006 are as follows: Embedded conversion features .... $ 578,283 Freestanding warrants and options 9,696,452 Common stock subject to put ..... 1,041,667 Liquidated damages .............. 75,853 ----------- $11,392,255 =========== The Company used the following assumptions to measure the identified derivatives at issuance during 2006 and 2005 and at December 31, 2006, as follows: Year ended December 31, At December 31, 2006 2005 2006 ---- ---- --------------- Market price: $0.41-$0.59 $0.40-$0.62 $0.48 Exercise or conversion price: $0.32-$1.00 $0.188-$0.85 $0.188- $1.75 Term: 1.5-5 years 3-5 years 1.25-4.75 years Volatility: 221-225% 86% 225% Risk-free interest rate: 4.18-5.1% 3.32% 4.69% Maximum liability: Convertible notes $856,009 Put $2,500,000 Liquidated damages $75,853 Outstanding warrants and options 22,350,380 F-16
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 6 - DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES (CONTINUED) The embedded conversion features are as follows: Reset Feature Following Subsequent Financing - 12.5% Convertible Promissory notes: 50%, which is the effective discount to market value the Company would offer in the event it provides for a subsequent private placement financing Liquidated Damage Clause: 22%, which is the difference, in months between the time the underlying shares are free-trading and the grace period to obtain a registration statement, multiplied by the liquidated damage rate of 2% per month. Common stock subject to put: 25%, which is the effective discount to market value assuming that the putholders convert 2,500,000 shares in convertible promissory notes. The fair value of the derivatives issued during 2006 and 2005 were allocated as follows: At issuance At issuance 2006 2005 ----------- ----------- Debt discount from the issuance of embedded conversion features ........................................... $1,500,000 $ 650,000 Other expenses from the excess of the fair value of derivative liabilities over proceeds received from issuance of liability contracts .................... 582,786 557,620 Sales, general, and administrative expenses from the issuance of warrants and options for services rendered by consultants ............................ 1,537,550 283,050 Offset against additional paid-in capital from net proceeds of issuance of shares of common stock from the issuance of warrants and liquidated damages .... 3,149,132 388,119 Deferred offering costs from the issuance of warrants to a placement agent ............................... 439,256 - Offset against additional paid-in capital in connection with repurchase of shares ............... 900,000 - ---------- ---------- $8,108,724 $1,878,789 ========== ========== F-17
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 6 - DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES (CONTINUED) During 2006, the Company reclassified the embedded conversion features of certain convertible promissory notes as equity contracts, upon their conversion. The fair value of the embedded conversion features at the date of conversion amounted to approximately $1.8 million. This reclassification resulted in an increase in additional paid-in capital and a decrease in derivative liabilities of the corresponding amount. The difference in fair value of the derivative liabilities between the date of their issuance and the appropriate measurement dates, which amounted to a decrease of approximately $763,000 and $11.7 million for 2006 and 2005, respectively, has been recognized as other income. NOTE 7 - STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT ISSUANCE OF COMMON STOCK PURSUANT TO SERVICES PERFORMED During 2006 and 2005, the Company issued 1,325,000 and 3,915,500 shares of common stock, respectively, to consultants for services performed. The fair value of such shares amounted to approximately $334,000 and $2.5 million during 2006 and 2005, respectively. The nature of the services rendered in connection with the issuance of these shares were for marketing purposes. Some of these services are provided for periods up to 12 months. The Company has recognized amortization of deferred compensation of approximately $1.9 million and $823,000 during 2006 and 2005, respectively, in connection with the issuance of these shares. F-18
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 7 - STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT (CONTINUED) ISSUANCE OF COMMON STOCK PURSUANT TO THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON THE CONVERTIBLE DEBT The Company issued 180,919 and 237,582 shares in connection with the payment of interest on the Convertible promissory notes during 2006 and 2005, respectively. The fair value of such shares issued during 2006 and 2005 amounted to approximately $116,000 and $159,000, respectively. Furthermore, the Company issued 51,250 shares in January 2007 in connection with the payment of accrued interest of approximately $23,000 as of December 31, 2006. ISSUANCE OF COMMON STOCK PURSUANT TO FAILURE TO TIMELY FILE REGISTRATION STATEMENT During 2005, the Company issued 92,903 shares of common stock pursuant to its failure to timely file its registration statement. The fair value of such shares amounted to approximately $133,000 and is included in selling, general, and administrative expenses. ISSUANCE OF COMMON STOCK PURSUANT TO PRIVATE PLACEMENTS During 2006, the Company issued 15,624,891 shares pursuant to three private placements which generated net proceeds of approximately $6.5 million. During 2005, the Company issued 2,779,543 shares pursuant to a private placement which generated net proceeds of approximately $1.5 million. During 2005, the Company settled claims from certain investors by issuing 1,000,000 shares to such investors. The fair value of the shares in connection with the settlement amounted to $730,000. Pursuant to the settlement, the Company also reduced certain put rights to 2,000,000 shares at a price of $1.25. The put rights expire by March 2007. REPURCHASE AND CANCELLATION OF COMMON STOCK During 2006, the Company repurchased 5,882,352 shares of its common stock and as consideration, paid to the Investee approximately $630,000, issued 3,000,000 warrants and assigned its investment in the Investee's shares to the Investee. The aggregate consideration for the repurchase of the Company's shares of common stock amounted to approximately $1.7 million. F-19
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 8 - STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS A summary of the activity of the Company's outstanding warrants during 2006 and 2005 is as follows: Weighted Average Warrants Exercise Price -------- -------------- Outstanding, January 1, 2005 ................... 4,338,126 $1.13 Granted ........................................ 1,653,891 0.94 Exercised ...................................... (862,001) 0.375 Expired ........................................ - - ---------- ------ Outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2005 5,130,016 0.67 Granted ........................................ 15,588,928 0.60 Exercised ...................................... - - Expired ........................................ (280,001) 1.25 ---------- ------ Outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2006 20,438,943 $0.60 ========== ====== The weighted average remaining contractual life and weighted average exercise price of warrants outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2006, for selected exercise price ranges, is as follows: Warrants Weighted Average Exercise outstanding Remaining Weighted Average prices and exercisable Contractual Life Exercise Price ------ --------------- ---------------- ---------------- $0.32 596,000 3.4 $0.32 0.375 2,402,499 1.8 0.375 0.40 3,523,215 4.4 0.40 0.45 3,137,785 4.4 0.45 0.50 2,100,000 4.1 0.50 0.60 4,120,490 4.8 0.60 0.75 125,000 4.8 0.75 1.00 3,000,000 1.4 1.00 1.25 332,500 2.4 1.25 1.30 976,454 3.9 1.30 1.50 125,000 2.0 1.50 The weighted average remaining contractual life of the terms of the warrants is 3.6 years. All warrants issued during 2006 and 2005 have been accounted for as derivative liabilities. F-20
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 8 - STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS (CONTINUED) STOCK OPTIONS In 2002, the Company adopted the 2002 Stock Plan under which stock awards or options to acquire shares of the Company's common stock may be granted to employees and non-employees of the Company. The Company has authorized 12,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock for grant under the 2002 Plan. The 2002 Plan is administered by the Board of Directors and permits the issuance of options for the purchase of up to the number of available shares outstanding. Options granted under the 2002 Plan vest in accordance with the terms established by the Company's stock option committee and generally terminates five years after the date of issuance. The Company granted 4,337,773 options with below market exercise prices during 2005. The issuance of such options to employees resulted in compensation expense pursuant to APB Opinion No. 25 amounting to approximately $457,000 during 2005. The Company granted 957,500 and 565,000 options to consultants for services rendered during 2006 and 2005, respectively. The fair value of such options has been recorded as derivative liabilities. A summary of the activity of the Company's stock option plan is presented below: Weighted Average Options Exercise Price ---------- -------------- Outstanding at January 1, 2005 ................. 5,616,500 $ 1.51 Granted ........................................ 8,430,028 0.49 Exercised ...................................... (652,643) 0.03 Expired ........................................ (4,432,312) 1.00 ---------- ------ Outstanding at December 31, 2005 ............... 8,961,573 $ 0.53 ========== ====== Granted ........................................ 6,741,683 0.47 Exercised ...................................... (300,241) 0.27 Expired ........................................ (3,827,530) 0.58 ---------- ------ Outstanding at December 31, 2006 ............... 11,575,485 0.42 Exercisable at December 31, 2006 ............... 9,512,152 $ 0.38 ========== ====== F-21
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 8 - STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS (CONTINUED) The weighted average remaining contractual life and weighted average exercise price of options outstanding and options exercisable at December 31, 2006, for selected exercise price ranges, is as follows: Options outstanding: Weighted average Range of Number of remaining Weighted average exercise prices options contractual life exercise price --------------- ------- ---------------- ---------------- $0.001-0.02 1,847,985 1.1 $ 0.02 0.34-0.75 9,007,500 4.1 0.44 0.90-0.95 60,000 3.7 0.93 1.60-1.75 660,000 1.83 1.69 Options vested and exercisable: Weighted average Range of Number of remaining Weighted average exercise prices options contractual life exercise price --------------- ------- ---------------- ---------------- $0.001-0.02 1,847,985 1.1 $ 0.02 0.34-0.75 6,944,167 3.6 0.47 0.90-0.95 60,000 3.7 0.93 1.60-2.25 660,000 3.8 1.72 The options outstanding vest over periods of up to two years. During 2006, the Company recorded a share-based payment expense amounting to approximately $2.3 million in connection with all options outstanding. The weighted average fair value of the options issued to employees during 2006 amounted to $0.48. The share-based payment is based on the fair value of the outstanding options amortized over the requisite period of service for optionholders, which is generally the vesting period of the options. The fair value of the options is based on the Black Scholes Model using the following assumptions: Exercise price : $0.001-$0.74 Market price at date of grant : $0.34-$0.74 Volatility : 221-225% Expected dividend rate : 0% Risk-free interest rate : 4.18-5.1% The total compensation cost related to nonvested awards not yet recognized amounted to approximately $1.7 million at December 31, 2006 and the Company expects that it will be recognized over the following weighted-average period of 22 months. F-22
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 9 - INCOME TAXES Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the net deferred taxes, at December 31, 2006 are as follows: Deferred tax assets: Net operating loss carryforward ... $ 12,710,000 Less valuation allowance .......... (12,710,000) ------------ Total net deferred tax assets: .... $ - ============ SFAS No. 109 requires a valuation allowance to reduce the deferred tax assets reported, if any, based on the weight of the evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Management has determined that a valuation allowance of $ 14.6 million at December 31, 2006 is necessary to reduce the deferred tax assets to the amount that will more likely than not be realized. The change in the valuation allowance during 2006 and 2005 was $4.3 million and $5.7 million, respectively. The Company has incurred net operating losses since inception. At December 31, 2006, the Company had a net operating loss carryforward amounting to approximately $31.0 million for U.S. tax purposes that expire in various amounts through 2026. The Company has had a change of ownership as defined by the Internal Revenue Code Section 382. As a result, a substantial annual limitation may be imposed upon the future utilization of its net operating loss carryforwards. The federal statutory tax rate reconciled to the effective tax rate during 2006 and 2005, respectively, is as follows: 2006 2005 ---- ---- Tax at U.S. statutory rate: ............... 35.0% 35.0% State tax rate, net of federal benefits ... 6.0 6.0 Change in valuation allowance ............. (41.0) (41.0) ----- ----- Effective tax rate ........................ 0.0% 0.0% ===== ===== F-23
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 10 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES LITIGATION During 2005, certain arbitrators awarded two consultants certain compensation amounting to approximately $150,000 payable by Grassroots, one of the Company's subsidiaries. The Company has recorded a corresponding liability in the accompanying financial statements. During 2005, a note holder requested an entry of default in the amount of the note amounting to $15,000 and less than $1,000 in interest and costs. The note is payable by Grassroots, one of the Company's subsidiaries. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT The Company entered in an employment agreement with its chief executive officer which expires in December 2008 and is renewable for additional 3-year term. The employment agreement provides for an annual base salary of $239,800. The Company has the obligation to pay the chief executive officer's compensation through December 31, 2008 in the event 1) it terminates the employment without cause, 2) of the death of the chief executive officer, and 3) of the consummation of a merger or disposition of substantially all assets of the Company. OPERATING LEASES The Company has entered into a new lease effective November 2006. The monthly base rent amounts to $12,667 per month and matures in December 2011. Future annual minimum payments, net of sublease income, required under operating lease obligations at December 31, 2006 are as follows: Future Minimum Lease Payments -------------- 2007 $152,000 2008 152,000 2009 152,000 2010 152,000 2011 139,000 F-24
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SPARE BACKUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006 NOTE 11 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS During 2005, the Company issued a 12.5% Convertible Promissory Note to the fiancee of its Chief Executive Officer. The note amounted to $275,000. In connection with this note, the Company issued 256,667 warrants. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.32. The Company satisfied this note during 2006 NOTE 12 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS The Company generated proceeds of approximately $1.9 million pursuant to the exercise of 5,861,917 warrants during March 2007. The holders of a put have exercised their options to have the Company repurchase 1,617,228 shares of its common stock. The Company paid $1,250,000 (less $100,000 previously paid) to the holders to repurchase 1,000,000 shares, the holders of the put will retain the remaining 617,228 shares and the Company will issue an additional 668,664 shares to the holders of the put to satisfy its obligations under this arrangement. F-25

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